10 Sep What happened at Wells Fargo with regard to past activities that led to this major scandal? 2 What internal dimensions of the company were part of the problems that occurred? 3 Ho
Critical Thinking Questions
1 What happened at Wells Fargo with regard to past activities that led to this major scandal?
2 What internal dimensions of the company were part of the problems that occurred?
3 How might the organizational structure of the company have been part of the problems that occurred?
4 Identify and use relevant concepts from this chapter as well as your own thoughts and analysis to diagnose the scandal at Wells Fargo. How could such a scandal have occurred in the first place? Who and what was at fault?
5 Suggest some solution paths the company might consider, using knowledge from this chapter and your own thoughts/research, to avoid such a scandal from reoccurring.
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Principles of Management Chapter 4 EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ORGANIZATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTS AND CORPORATE CULTURE
Learning Outcomes
After reading this chapter, you should be able to answer these questions:
• Define the external environment of organizations. • Identify contemporary external forces pressuring organizations. • Identify different types of organizational structures and their
strengths and weaknesses. • Explain how organizations organize to meet external market threats
and opportunities. • Identify the fit between organizational cultures and the external
environment. • Identify environmental trends, demands, and opportunities facing
organizations.
Exhibit 4.2 Macro Forces and Environments
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1. Define the external environment of organizations.
CONCEPT CHECK
1. Define the components of the internal and the external business environments.
2. What factors within the economic environment affect businesses?
3. Why do demographic shifts and technological developments create both challenges and new opportunities for business?
Exhibit 4.4 Company Industry Fit
Adapted from: Duncan, R. (1972). Characteristics of organizational environments of uncertainty. American Science Quarterly, 17 (September), 313-327; Daft, R. Organizational Theory and Design, 12th
edition, p. 151, Mason, OH, Cengage Learning. (Attribution: Copyright Rice University, OpenStax, under CC-BY 4.0 license)
2. Identify contemporary external forces pressuring organizations.
CONCEPT CHECK
1. What factors within the economic environment affect businesses?
2. Why do change and shifts and technological developments create both challenges and new opportunities for business?
Exhibit 4.5 Mechanistic and Organic Organizations
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Exhibit 4.6 Evolution of Organizational Structure
Adapted from: Daft, R., 2016, Organization Theory and Design, 12th edition, Cengage learning, Chapter 3; Warren, N., “Hitting the Sweet Spot Between Specialization and Integration in Organizational Design”, People and Strategy, 34, No. 1, 2012, pp. 24-30. (Attribution: Copyright Rice University, OpenStax, under CC-BY 4.0 license)
Exhibit 4.7 Functional Structure
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Exhibit 4.8 Divisional Organization Structure
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Exhibit 4.9 Geographic Structure
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Exhibit 4.11 Matrix Structure
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Exhibit 4.12 Networked Team Structure
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Exhibit 4.13 Virtual Structure
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3. Identify different types of organizational structures and their strengths and weaknesses.
CONCEPT CHECK
1. Why does the matrix structure have a dual chain of command?
2. How does a matrix structure increase power struggles or reduce accountability?
3. What are advantages of a formal committee structure? Disadvantages?
Exhibit 4.15 Open System Model of an Organization
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Exhibit 4.16 Internal Organization
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Exhibit 4.17 The McKinsey 7-S Model
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Exhibit 4.18 The Internal Organization and External Environment
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Exhibit 4.20 Amazon’s Corporate Structure
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4. Explain how organizations organize to meet external market threats and opportunities.
CONCEPT CHECK
1. Identify the six major organizational structures.
2. Explain the McKinsey 7-S model.
Exhibit 4.21 The Competing Values Framework
Source: Adapted from K. Cameron and R. Quinn, 1999. Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture, Addison-Wesley, p. 32.
5. Identify the fit between organizational cultures and the external environment
CONCEPT CHECK
1. How can employee diversity give a company a competitive advantage?
2. Explain the concept of hiring for fit as it relates to corporate culture.
3. What are some organizational issues that must be addressed when two large firms merge or grow rapidly like Amazon?
6. Identify environmental trends, demands, and opportunities facing organizations.
CONCEPT CHECK
1. What are some of the recrent trends facing organizations?
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