Question

1. Universities are typically organized by departments or colleges such as business, biology, engineering, political science, and so on. Is this an appropriate structure? What aspects of environment support this structure? Are there any aspects of internal or external environment that currently or in near future push for changes in university structures?

2. Organizational design skills are significant to career success, other than total organizational design or redesign typically is not put in the hands of newly hired managers. Why then is it significant for you early in your career to understand the structure and the specific separation and integration mechanisms of the organization you work in?

3. What would be likely influence of a collectivist culture on the formal or informal aspects of an organization's structure? What would you expect influence of a strong hierarchical cultural value to be on the line of authority or chain of order in a company's structure?