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| Right to direct the actions of others |
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| Visual display of an organizations' positions and lines of authority |
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| Line and staff organization |
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| Organization in which lines managers make decisions and staff personnel provide advice and support |
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| Organizational effectiveness |
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| Being effective, efficient, and satisfying today; adapting and developing in the intermediate future; and surviving in the long term |
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| Fitting the organization to its environment |
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| Mechanistic organizations |
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| Flexible, adaptive organization structures |
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| Group related jobs or processes into major organizational subunits |
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| Number of people who report directly to a given manager |
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| Management's sharing of decision-making authority with lower-level employees |
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| Assigning various degrees of decision-making authority to lower-level employees |
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| Three-layer structure with a constricted middle layer |
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| Collaborative structure in which teams are the primary unit |
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| Internet linked networks of value-adding subcontractors |
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| Shared values, beliefs, and language that create a common identity and sense of community |
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| Shared beliefs about what the organization stands for |
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| Organizational socialization |
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| Process of transforming outsiders into accepted insiders |
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