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Chapter Seven Homework Assignment

Chapter Seven Homework Assignment

Q Hello Everyone: Please answer the following questions in at least two complete sentences to obtain full credit. 1.- 10. Please go to page 227 in your textbook. Answer the ten questions under Check Your Progress. 11. What do you think of Jeff Bezos of Amazon who feels the size of a team should be no bigger than one that can served by two pizza pies? 12. What would you do to make a team work well together? 13. Does your current of former boss make you feel like you are an important part of the team? 14. Do you feel an employee should specialize in one job or be able to handle multiple job for an organization?

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1. In case of customer departmentalization, there are diversified requirements of customers taken into consideration to segregate specific types of jobs. Customized requirements of specific types of customers can be fulfilled. In case of geographical departmentalization, geographical location is taken into main consideration for segregation of specific types of jobs. In case of product departmentalization, the major consideration is every type of product available and sold by an organization to segregate specific types of jobs. In case of functional departmentalization, the major consideration to segregate specific types of jobs is every activity which is functional as well as similar. An example can be marketing activity. 2. In case of a team, there is every member participating willingly and making effort to succeed and help each other collectively. In case of a group, there has to be accountability given by every member. There is a specific leader on whom the major area of concentration of the other group members is present. 3. There is collaboration as well as mutual assistance taken from every member of such teams. There is no guidance obtained by any manager in such teams. There is completely responsibility taken by every team member of such teams when they provide a specific product or ensure delivery of a specific type of service to anyone. Every decision in case of every type of work to be done by such teams is formulated as well as implemented by every member of such teams mutually. This type of authority is obtained by them. 4. In case of delegating of authority, there is some specific task assigned to every delegated individual in the organization. There is empowerment of these delegated individuals to ensure that they can use their discretion to act in a particular way. There is also discretion utilized in utilization of resources by every delegated individual. There is commitment made by the discretion of the delegated individuals. In case of responsibility, there must be conscious efforts made to ensure that every delegated task is implemented in a way in which every delegated member can be satisfied. In case of accountability, every delegated subordinate team member must be answerable and answer honestly. This answer must be about the reason for which all delegated tasks to all subordinate team members have been completed with a particular outcome. The manager/leader/supervisor will be the individual to whom every delegated subordinate team member must be answerable.