COMM 342 Study Guide - Final Guide: Netflix, Centrality, Population Ecology
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Final exam material also know readings (managing with power and within ourselves) Chapter 3 fundamentals of organizational structure (just mc questions) In large organizations, if you want a particular type of coordination, you have to sacrifice other types of coordination. Achieve coordination by a hierarchy/chain of command: solid lines shows hierarchy, dotted lines shows channels of communication. Vertical information linkages hierarchal referral, rules and plans, vertical information systems. Horizontal information linkages information systems, direct contact, integrator (go between: task forces temporary committees, teams permanent committees. Functional structure simplest, but the coordination always falls on the ceo alone, and it won"t work if the company works in two different industries or produces multiple products/services. Divisional and geographical structures decentralized, split up into profit centres, duplication may occur because of poor communication between mini departments. Matrix structure causes conflict because many workers have two bosses, may get conflicting demands and aren"t able to focus properly.
