Organizational Design: Key Concepts and Techniques
Understanding Organizational Structures and Principles
1. Defining Organization
Answer: Organization is the process of grouping and ordering the activities necessary to achieve established goals, creating management units.
2. Stages of Organization
Answer: The stages of organization include:
- Division of Labor
- Hierarchy
- Departmentalization
- Job Descriptions
- Coordination
3. Organizational Techniques
Answer: Common organizational techniques include:
- Job Analysis
- Organizational Charts
- Administrative Manuals
4. Defining
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Waterfall Model in Software Engineering
The Waterfall model follows these steps:
- Analysis
- Design
- Encoding
- Testing
Prototyping Model (Circular)
Harvest and Refinement of Requirements
Gathering data to formulate an idea, and synthesizing the data.
Quick Design
Once data is gathered, the next step is to translate the idea into a model to determine possible outcomes.
Prototype
A quick draft is created to show the customer.
Evaluation of the Prototype by the Client
The customer determines whether the prototype’s functions
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National Drug Strategy 2000-2008: Performance of the Central Government
4. A Step in the Performance of Central Government on Drugs: National Drugs Strategy 2000-2008
Achievements of the National Drug Plan (1985)
In the field of prevention, the 1985 National Drug Plan led to an agreement on basic criteria for common prevention programs among public authorities. It stressed education as a form of prevention, with the introduction of health education courses and materials. In assistance and reintegration,
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Transnational Strategy
Companies looking to maximize benefits of global integration (GI) often employ a transnational strategy. This approach allows them to achieve economies of scale.
This strategy enables companies to benefit from global manufacturing and distribution savings while adjusting to local market conditions.
Disadvantages: Managing activities and coordinating operations across borders can be complex. Maintaining consistent standards, control, and brand image can also be challenging.
Despite
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What is a System?
A system is a set of active elements (e.g., objects, operations, processes) separated from and interacting with the environment. These elements are ordered, deliberately selected, and possess specific properties and relationships designed to meet a particular purpose or fulfill tasks within the environment.
Difference Between a System and a Set
A system is distinguished from a simple set by its active elements, their interactions with the environment, and their organization towards
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ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network
ISDN is an extension of the public network designed to transmit digitized voice or data.
Advantages:
- Better voice quality
- Higher speed
- Lower error rate
- More rapid establishment of calls
- Cost similar to conventional pricing
Objectives: To share information of all kinds (data, audio, text, image, video).
Definition: A network evolved from the ROI that provides end-to-end digital connectivity to support a wide range of services through one interface.
Network structure:
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