Assignment One: Application Exercise Answer the following four questions using the textbook, slides and class handout.

1) What is the definition of organization? Briefly explain each part of the definition.

2) Explain how Mintzberg's five basic parts of the organization fit together to perform needed functions. If an organization had to give up one of these five parts, such as during a severe downsizing, which one could it survive the longest without and why?

3) What does contingency mean? What are the implications of contingency theories for managers?

4) What are the primary differences between an organic and a mechanistic organization design? Which type of organization do you think would be easier to manage and why?