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1. Learning

2. Virtual

3. Team

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1. Costs

2. Social Loafing

3. Groupthink

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1.Lengthy and unproductive

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3.Short and Efficient

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2. More Vertical

3. Shorter

4. More Horizontal

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1.Shorter

2. Narrower

3.Longer

4.Broader

6. Emerging Issues in Organization Design Using your knowledge of organizational design, choose the best answer to complete the statements. All employees on the shop floor at Alfredo's Sausage are responsible for creating the best-quality product possible. They identify, investigate, and address problems. They also are responsible for selecting, training, evaluating, and, if necessary, terminating the employees who work with them. There are few layers of management. Alfredo's Sausage is an example of a organization. As a result of this structure, which of the following are you likely to observe? Check all that apply. An emphasis on horizontal communication, which facilitates rapid decision making Employee specialization that, in turn, leads to increased efficiency The company being particularly effective in an environment that demands flexibility Decentralized decision making, with responsibility pushed to lower levels Read the research summary about team organizations. Research Summary The team organization is an emerging form of structure in which there is little functional hierarchy. People work on specific projects that require their particular skills and then move on to different projects. This provides a flexible and dynamic structure. It can help avoid the potential for groupthink that can occur in long-standing work teams. In an interview on the fallacies and challenges of work teams, J. Richard Hackman-the Edgar Pierce Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology at Harvard University until his death in 2013 and the author or co-author of 10 books on group dynamicsnoted that teams perform better the longer they are able to stay and work together. When asked how a long-standing team can avoid complacency, Hackman said this: "This is where what I call a deviant comes in. Every team needs a deviant, someone who can help the team by challenging the tendency to want too much homogeneity, which can stifle creativity and learning. Deviants are the ones who stand back and say, 'Well, wait a minute, why are we even doing this at all? What if we looked at the thing backwards or turned it inside out?' That's when people say, 'Oh, no, no, no, that's ridiculous,' and so the discussion about what's ridiculous comes up. Unlike the CFO I mentioned before, who derailed the team by shutting down discussions, the deviant opens up more ideas, and that gets you a lot more originality. In our research, we've looked carefully at both teams that produced something original and those that were merely average, where nothing really sparkled. It turned out that the teams with deviants outperformed teams without them. In many cases, deviant thinking is a source of great innovation." Sources: Coutu, D. (2009, May). Why teams don't work, an interview with J. Richard Hackman. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2009/05/why-teams-dont-work/; Hevesi, D. (2013, January 20). J. Richard Hackman, an expert in team dynamics, dies at 72. The New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/21/business/j-richard-hackman-an-expert-in-team-dynamics-dies-at-72.html. Professor Hackman was commenting on the effect of a deviant in a long-standing work team. Step back and consider whether a deviant might have a similar effect in the team organization, which does not have long-term or permanent teams. Hackman suggests that a deviant can improve a group's innovation by opening up discussion of new ideas. This corresponds to a reduction in , which is desirable, but can also result in meetings that are Dell's Professional Development program allows all employees to take courses that align with Dell's business goals and strategy. Dell can be described as a organization. The Story of Melissa Shoes Grendene is a Brazilian company started in 1970 to provide plastic packaging materials for the wine bottlers in the region. Seeking new revenue streams that could leverage its core competence and inspired by the popular "jelly" shoes, Grendene developed a shoe made entirely from Melflex plastic, a type of PVC that Grendene developed and patented. Using the brand names Melissa, Grendha, Cartago, and others, Grendene has since grown into one of the world's largest producers of footwear. The fashion industry is subject to seasonal trends and constant innovation in design, but the Melissa brand keeps up by partnering with different celebrity designers each season. In 2020, for example, avant-garde Dutch designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren created Melissa shoes, while in 2019 , Melissa had taken a completely different direction, collaborating with the Japanese Hello Kitty brand. The company's shoe-manufacturing capabilities include six industrial plants and a dedicated factory for plastic production and mold creation. Sources: Melissa. (2020, January 22). Viktor \& Rolf is coming. Retrieved from https://www.melissa.com.br/artigo/viktor-and-rolf-is-coming/; Melissa. (2018, November 28). Melissa / Hello Kitty. Retrieved from https://www.melissa.com.br/artigo/melissa-hello-kitty; Pearson, S. (2021, August 30). Corporate watch: Melissa and a Brazilian take on jelly shoes. Financia/ Times. Retrieved from http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/08/30/corporate-watch-melissa-and-a-braziliantake-on-jelly-shoes/; Young R. (2008, February 4). Jelly brand molds Brazil's footwear style. The New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/style/04iht-rjelly. 4.9730393.html According to the case study, which of the following factors is somewhat unpredictable in the environment in which Grendene competes? Competitors Fashion trends Manufacturing processes Export regulations Based on the case study, what is the core technology used to manufacture Melissa brand shoes? Mold manufacturing Shoe shipping Shoe style design Sales forecasting The following table shows the differences between companies as they become more organic or more mechanistic. You can use the slider on the left to highlight characteristics for a particular structure. Mechanisti Organic Use the table to complete the following sentences. As an organization becomes more mechanistic, its chain of command becomes . It is also true that, as an organization becomes more organic, its chain of command becomes