$2.$ Organizing at The Container Store

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Organizing at The Container Store

Today's environments tend to be complex, dynamic, and therefore uncertain. Huge amounts of information flow from the external environment to the organization and back to the environment. To function effectively, organizations need to develop structures for processing information. As you watch the video, answer questions about organizational structure as they appear.

As organizations differentiate their structures, managers must simultaneously consider issues of integration. All the specialized tasks in an organization cannot be performed completely independently. Because the different units are part of the larger organization, some degree of communication and cooperation must exist among them. As we look at organizations and recognize that authority is spread out over various levels and spans of control, the issue of delegation becomes paramount. Effective delegation leverages the manager's energy and talent and those of his or her subordinates. It allows managers to accomplish much more than they would be able to do on their own. The delegation of responsibility and authority decentralizes decision making.

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$2$b$.$ At The Container Store values guide...

At The Container Store values guide everything they do$.$ This is in sharp contrast to an organization with high $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_,$ which will have rules to guide everything people do$.$

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integration

formalization

networking

centralization coordination