You will be analyzing the work technology used in two different small businessesa local cleaners and a local family restaurant. Your instructor will tell you whether to do this assignment as individuals or in a group.

You must visit both organizations and infer how the work is done, according to the following criteria. You are not allowed to interview any employees, but instead you will be an observer. Take lots of notes when you are there.

	Cleaners	Family Restaurant
Organization goals: Speed, service, atmosphere, and so on.
Type of technology using Woodwards model.
Organization structure: Mechanistic or organic?
Team versus individual: Do people work together or alone?
Interdependence: How do employees depend on each other?
Tasks: Routine versus nonroutinehow varied are tasks?

Questions

1.Do you think the technology used is the best one for each organization, considering your analysis in the table above?

2.From the table data, determine if the structure and other organization characteristics fit the workflow technology.

3.If you were part of a consulting team assigned to improve the operations of each organization, what

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