Essays Tagged: "Specialization"

World Bank

aracteristics necessary to qualify; from its complicated hierarchy and impersonal relations, to the specialization and career orientation of its employees. However, not everyone agrees on the competen ...

(12 pages) 322 1 5.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Organizational structure of Dimitri.

of Dimitri is more Mechanistic. Mechanistic structure is characterized with tallness, narrow spans, specialization, high centralization, and high formalization. It works well when an organization's en ... e Organic. Organic structure is characterized by flatness, wider span, fewer authority levels, less specialization, less formalization and decentralization. It tends to work better when the environmen ...

(12 pages) 341 0 4.3 Jun/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Organizational Design

tion channels of the organization--and also give a graphic representation of the degree and type of specialization the organization utilizes. Your author is correct in stating that the communication a ... , Reactor8. Defender organizations succeed in stable enviroments. Their competitive advantages from specialization, repeated use of well-understood and sandardized technical processes and low costs of ...

(7 pages) 817 4 4.5 Dec/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

College Admissions Essay - Thoughts mostly relevant to studying/education.

ster of many trades.Today's high school environment mirrors societies' thrust to excellence through specialization. However, I have learned from my dad, the only other master of many trades that I kno ... oad. Schools, parents, and society as a whole force children from the very start to find an area of specialization. Every child is put through a battery of extracurricular activities until they find t ...

(4 pages) 165 0 4.2 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Pros and Cons of Free Trade

ts and that the primary gain is efficiency of production achieved through comparative advantage and specialization. Others also claim that free trade promotes democracy, and any measures that work tow ...

(6 pages) 469 0 3.9 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Micaela Serra

bility. Although, since 1994, Serra and her graduate students have been working on a relatively new specialization in computer science which deals with hardware-software co-design. This research invol ...

(1 pages) 41 2 3.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

China is a dragon today

adays, advertisement becomes a sort of social speciality and industry, with gradually rising of its specialization and professional level that will satisfy the demand in expanding market and market co ...

(2 pages) 58 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

How has globalisation affected the world economy? Discuss the impacts.

r comparative cost advantage was greatest or their disadvantage least. International free trade and specialization, he argued would lower prices, better incomes and raise living standards, thus in tur ...

(11 pages) 363 0 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Accounting As A Career

prescribed number of hours for a top accounting firm. Covering a wide spectrum of business related specialization, accountants and those who act as auditors must be able to determine whether or not a ... only a small percentage of them are and that they make the least amount of money out of the various specializations. While there are accountants who are not CPAs, becoming one will help ensure a highe ...

(10 pages) 324 1 4.5 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Evolutionary Adaptations to Flowering Plants

successful terrestrial organism than mosses are the development in their vascular tissues and their specialization in their organ for sexual reproduction, the flower.Xylem functions in the conduction ...

(6 pages) 43 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Plant Biology

This essay is in the point of view from a business owner that wants to improve his employee statis.

1) Organizational changes would start with Specialization and Departmentalization, which are the building blocks of business organization. Spec ... tment) they are working in. Its also identify what responsibility you will have in the organization.Specialization would break up the programmers into serial deferent department giving the group more ...

(3 pages) 51 0 4.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

"Two countries can achieve gains from trade even if one of the countries has an absolute advantage in the production of all goods." Explain. (includes detailed example)

tors are involved with trade. Among the major factors are opportunity costs, comparative advantage, specialization and finally trade.Opportunity cost is defined as the value of the best alternative fo ... paper and hand over the job of car production entirely to country A.To gain the maximum benefits of specialization among countries, countries should trade their products with products from other count ...

(2 pages) 81 0 3.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Explain why Plato thinks Philosophers should be Kings?

s); a state is just when relations between these three classes are right. Justice is a principle of specialization: a principle that requires that each person fulfils the societal role to which nature ...

(5 pages) 111 0 5.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Contemporary Philosophy

The expansion of technology in society

nological advances and negative aspects as well. The division of labor is simply the separation and specialization of work among people. As industry and technology proliferate, and population increase ... ver before been as specialized as it is now, and the current trend is toward even further increased specialization. There are many implications as a result of technological advances, and to go through ...

(6 pages) 74 0 4.6 Dec/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

People work more productively in teams than individually. Teamwork requires cooperation, which motivates people much more than individual competition does

dually. For my part, through cooperation in teamwork, we can not only divide our work and emphasize specialization to achieve more effectiveness than individual competition, but also gather co-workers ... dividuals do.One of the significant roles of cooperation in teamwork lies in the labor division and specialization, both of which emphasize the distinct characteristics of individual members and enhan ...

(2 pages) 132 0 2.3 Jan/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Structural Analysis within Industries

ovides an overall picture of the firm's position in the industry. Strategic dimension is compose of specialization, brand identification, push versus pull, channel selection, product quality, technolo ... the strategic dimensions. In mapping of the industry, we segregate companies by the degree of their specialization and vertical integration. The next step in structural analysis within an industry is ...

(5 pages) 42 0 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Organizational Behaviour Case Study

this company is a bookstore withvery few employees there is not a high level of formalization, less specialization andless authority. Therefore, it has an organic structure. Employees don't have a lot ... hanistic and organic. This call center was moremechanistic because it was more centralized and more specialization where eachindividual had a specific role. Bob was responsible for technology, sales a ...

(8 pages) 250 1 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Anomie and Alienation: Catalysts for Society's Disintegration by PJ

o as mechanical solidarity. But as society and industry became modernized with it came the need for specialization and individual skills. The similarities between the members of society no longer exis ... ended call for a Communist, classless society. Also, in the present state of the capitalist society specialization is as strong as ever before with the internet and other technologies creating a great ...

(5 pages) 53 0 3.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Economies of Scale

ut.There are a number of possible sources as to how firms can achieve internal economies. Increased specialization of labour resulting from a larger plant with a larger workforce allows for greater di ...

(3 pages) 88 0 0.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Teams.

group. In most cases, the task is split into parts appropriate to each individual's talents and/or specialization. Frequently each team member represents a function, department, or specialty, and tog ...

(4 pages) 53 0 5.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management