Foundations of Organizational Structure|Business
Essay and Research Questions: (At a minimum, your response to each questions must be 300 words and in an essay format. You must also include a Reference List and in-text citations.)
Identify the six key elements that define an organization’s structure.
Describe the characteristics of a virtual organization.
Summarize why managers want to create boundaryless organizations.
Search the web to find three articles on an organization that has changed its structure in the recent past (downsized or increased in scale).Carefully read the articles and described what happened using structural terms from this module. What kinds of internal and external reactions were there to the structural change? What was the impact of the change on the organization’s effectiveness (e.g., perhaps as measured by its stock price)? (750 word minimum)
Identify and discuss the functional and dysfunctional effects of organizational culture on employees. (500 word minimum)
