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CHP 14 Restructuring Organization
CHP 14 Restructuring Organization
Chapter Fourteen:
Restructuring Organizations
Thomas G. Cummings
Christopher G. Worley
Learning Objectives
for Chapter Fourteen
• To understand the basic principles of
technostructural design
• To understand the three basic structural
choices and two advanced structural choices
available to organizations
• To understand the process of downsizing
and reengineering
Cummings & Worley, 8e 14-2
(c)2005 Thomson/South-Western
Contingencies Influencing
Structural Design
Environment
Organization Worldwide
Size Structural Operations
Design
Organization
Technology Goals
President
S enior V P S enior V P
Progra m s Opera tions
Program M anager
Airc ra ft
Program M anager
N avigation S ystem s
Program M anager
S pac e S ystem s
Broker
Organization
Supplier Distributor
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