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After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
  1. Describe three types of coordination in organizational structures.


  2. Justify the optimal span of control in a given situation.


  3. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of centralization and formalization.


  4. Distinguish organic from mechanistic organizational structures.


  5. Identify and evaluate the six pure types of departmentalization.


  6. Describe three variations of divisional structure and explain which one should be adopted in a particular situation.


  7. Diagram the matrix structure and discuss its advantages and disadvantages.


  8. Compare and contrast network structures with other forms of departmentalization.


  9. Identify four characteristics of external environments and discuss the preferred organizational structure for each environment.


  10. Summarize the influence of organizational size, technology, and strategy on organizational structure.








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