Which of these changes will serve to break order synchronization? a. Have each customer order once a week on Mondays rather than the 1st and 15th of each month. b. Have each customer order on their date, with 20% of your customers ordering each day of the week. c. Have each customer order on Mondays or Fridays rather than Monday through Friday. d. Have each customer order on the last day of the month.

Consensus is more effective than majority rule when making decisions in a group true or false

John is operating a business in the Caribbean in the manufacturing sector. Over the years the business has grown and become profitable and as a result, the structure of the organization must reflect the changing business needs. He started off with just an accountant and general administrative department. Due to the growth of the organization, there is now a need for a marketing and sales department, IT department, production department, risk department, operations department, human resource department, finance department, research and development department and health and safety department. John is considering implementing a functional structure. This way specialist departments are able to focus on their tasks and meet their objectives. John is also concerned about his value chain and would like further insight on this grey area in his business function. Since the business is doing well locally, John is considering expanding to parts of the United Kingdom, Canada, and Asia. As such, he…

Often, when you call Customer Support for an American company, someone in India answers the call. This is an example of: anger and frustration a phishing scheme bureaucracy outsourcing

Some degree of vertical hierarchy is often needed to provide a framework in which to accomplish tasks. However, an organization's vertical structure needs to be balanced with horizontal mechanisms.

How do organizations approach the balance between centralized control and decentralized flexibility when acquiring IT resources for different departments or teams?

Consider the brief description of the zero time organization. What is an example of a control system that would be critical to managing for success in the zero time organization? Why?

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What areas of an organization (e.g., what functions) do you think are the best to decentralize?

You can only control someone if you have what is important of value to them and that is terms of knowledge and resources, using the power dependency matrix, justify the statement.