Understanding Organizational Structures: Types and Components
Item No. 3
1. What is an Organizational Structure?
It is the system of positions established to define roles, based on the analysis and study of each profile.
2. Explain Mechanistic and Organic Structures and their Adaptation to the Environment
- Mechanistic Structure: Characterized by high complexity, significant formalism, general relations, and centralism. This hinders creativity and innovation.
- Organic Structure: Collaboration is both vertical and horizontal. Functions are adaptable, with little formalism,
Six Sigma vs. Three Sigma: Understanding Quality Costs
Six Sigma vs. Three Sigma: Understanding the Difference
The difference between three sigma and six sigma lies in the percentage of observations that fall within specification limits [LSL, USL].
- Three Sigma Process: Approximately 99.73% of products fall within specifications if the process is centered at the target (LSL+USL)/2. This is because about 99.73% of a normal population falls within three standard deviations from its mean. A three sigma process centered at the target has 2700 ppm (parts per
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Understanding Business Systems
Systems: A set of interdependent and interacting units that form an organized whole. The outcome is greater than the result that the units could have if they functioned independently.
- Closed Systems: Systems without exchange with their environment. They are tight as any environmental influences nor influences the environment.
- Open Systems: Systems that have trade relations with the environment through inputs and outputs.
Administrative Functions
Planning, Organization,
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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)
Understanding the Action Threshold in Pest Management
The action threshold, also known as the economic threshold (ET) in the European Union (EU), is generally defined as the pest population density at which a producer must initiate control action to prevent the population from exceeding the Economic Injury Level (EIL) in the future. This implies a delay between estimating the pest density through monitoring and implementing control
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Accounting Adjustment Process and Year-End
A company’s activity is divided into cycles or time units called economic periods. These cycles can vary in length, but are usually established on an annual basis to coincide with the calendar year, i.e., each fiscal year begins on January 1st and ends on December 31st.
At the end of each fiscal year, the company calculates its activity to determine its precise profit or loss and financial position. These data form the basis for business analysis and planning
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Controllability of Linear Systems
Controllability of a linear system, in both continuous and discrete time. A continuous-time system is controllable if, for any initial state and some finite time, there exists a control that transfers the state to a desired value. A discrete-time system is controllable if, for any initial state and some finite time, there exists a control sequence that transfers the state to a desired value. There are several tests for controllability.