SOC361H5 Lecture 2: Organizational structure
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Readings: hovey and beard case study, your job title is , tolbert & hall: chs. 2, 3: note: typo in text, p. 52, 2, 2nd sentence: should read: studies support the idea that lower [not. Higher ] levels of interdependence and [insert: lower levels ] of uncertainty . Today"s objectives: know : five dimensions of organizational structure, what happened in the hovey & beard case, and why, four points from the case, difference between positions and jobs, the role of relationships in social structures. Terms to know position incumbent horizontal structure vertical structure formalization complexity centralization isolate dyad. Hovey and beard company [paint department]: case study. Relevance: example of organization social structure and how it works, shows consequences of upsetting the organization structure. Layout: 8 work booths in a line with an endless chain of moving parts. Operation: toys arrive in trays, cut, sanded, dipped and delivered to each work station. Eight work booths with spray paints and work jigs.
