1. Form groups. 

2. Read the information about the University of Grantchester Business School (UGBS) below. 3. Draw alternative organizational charts for the UGBS depicting organizational structures based on the five criteria shown below. Duplicate the provision of products/ services as required. 

(a) Academic subjects taught by academic staff 

(b) Products/services delivered by academic staff 

(c) Functions performed by academic staff 

(d) Geography, where the product/service is delivered 

(e) Clients who consume the product/service provided 

4. Which organization structure would you prefer and why, if you were 

(a) a full-time undergraduate or postgraduate student; 

(b) an academic staff member? 

(a) Academic subjects taught: The UGBS’s 100 academics are equally divided between the four main subject areas (equivalent to company functions): human behaviour (HB); financial management (FM); strategy and marketing (SM); and operations management (OM). 

(b) Products offered: The UGBS offers the following products: 

U – Undergraduate teaching – BA full-time students who fund themselves, taught on the main campus 

P1 – Postgraduate teaching – MBA full-time students who fund themselves, taught on the main campus 

P2 – Postgraduate teaching – MBA part-time – working managers, funded by their companies, taught in the city centre campus 

T – Together, these three constitute teaching (T = U + P1 + P2); 

R – Research conducted by academics funding by the research councils 

D – Doctoral – supervision of conducted by doctoral (postgraduate) students who fund themselves, on the main campus 

C – Consultancy – consultancy provided by academics for companies, bought by them, and provided on the companies’ premises 

S – Short courses – short (non-graduating) courses, taught by academics for working managers, paid for by their companies, and run on company premises. 

(c) Services: The school performs three major functions: teaching, research, and consultancy. 

(d) Geography: Academics can work in four locations: main campus; city centre; seaside residential facility; on the company’s own premises. 

(e) Customers: The school has three classes of customers: students, research council funders, and companies.