Class Exercise: Questions on Organizational Structures

$1.$ How might we measure complexity in this chart?

$2.$ How would we measure centralization?

$3.$ What parts of the organization appear to be organized by function?

$4.$ Do any parts of the organization appear to be $$customer focused$?$

$5.$ What complexities can you identify with regard to chain of command?

$6.$ Does the structure or any of its parts suggest resources sharing?

$7.$ Do you think the complexities justify a new Homeland Security Department?

$8.$ What are the challenges in reforming and redesigning these organizations?

$9.$ What do we know about structural forms such as matrix, functional, divisional, and other types that

might help with reorganization decisions?

$10.$ How is knowledge of different integration devices useful?