Traditional Organizational Structure

Traditional organizational structure follows two basic patterns. The first structure, referred to as a line organization, permitted top management to maintain complete control with a clearly defined chain of command. This basic line structure works well in small companies with the owner or top manager functioning at the top of the organizational structure. Everyone understands the clear 

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Speeifie proeess validation assignments are carried out by those with the necessary training and experi-enee. The speeifies of how the committee is organized to conduet proeess validation assignments is beyond the scope of this article. The responsibilities that must be carried out and the traditional organizational structures best equipped to handle each of these assignments are outlined in Table 2. Other members may include Quality Control, Regularity affairs, ete. 

Organizational Structure and Support Base. Interdisciplinary efforts require cooperation beyond the usual unit boundaries. Mutual interests of diverse faculty must be brought into convergence. Perhaps more important, some administrative "home" must be found. No doubt a variety of alternatives, including unconventional ones, could prove suitable. For the past 20 years supradepartmental organizations have held a very important position in research. However, the traditional unit for teaching in the American university remains the department. 

What is the typical organizational structure among common employers of pharmacists How do newer organizational structures differ from more traditional ones ... 

The first step in a hazard survey program is to formalize the lines of communication. A primary purpose of this communication network is to get critical hazard information to decision makers as quickly as possible so that action can be taken to avert an exposure or accident. Traditional communication routes in most companies do not allow for quick communication between workers and decision makers, and thus serious hazards may not be corrected before an exposure or accident occurs. Each company has an established organizational structure that can be used to set up a formalized communication network. For instance, most companies are broken into departments or work units. These can serve as the primary segments within which workers report hazards. These hazards can be dealt with at the departmental level or communicated to higher-level decision makers for action. 

The bottom-line method of evalrration for the success of OHS initiatives within the organizational structure, has traditionally been to use the standard methods of measuring injury rates given in standards such as Australian Standard 1885 or regulations such as... 

The usually unwritten definition of what constitutes acceptable dress for advancing young professionals varies from organization to organization. The extremes range from dark-colored, traditional style suits for men and women to jeans and sport shirts. To determine the appropriate dress for your organization, observe individuals one or two levels above you in the organizational structure. 

In the Lean process of eliminating waste, reducing non-value-added time, and increasing quality to where it becomes integrated with the process, we will find a dramatic shift in our organizational structure. For example, the traditional factory, as seen in Chart 9.2, will be reorganized and will become the factory seen in Chart 9.3, where the entire production process will now fit into the space of the superintendent s office. In the process, the factory will experience an increased level of output and capacity. 

The company we studied is situated within the medical device sector. The company is organized as a traditional manufacturing company, with sharp distinctions between the work of designers, engineers and marketers, as well as between the functions of front-end innovation , product development and marketing. Figure 1 depicts the company s organizational structure. 

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