Using an Organization You Are Familiar with (From Your Readings

question 68

Essay

Using an organization you are familiar with (from your readings or personal experience), place its departments in the quadrants of Perrow's framework. What two factors are used to determine placement of a department in a quadrant? Explain how you applied these two factors in placing your organization's departments in the framework.

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Definitions:

Citric Acid Cycle

Cyclic pathway that harvests energy from acetyl–CoA; part of aerobic respiration. Also called the Krebs cycle.

Glycolysis

The metabolic pathway that converts glucose into pyruvate, generating ATP and NADH without the need for oxygen.

NADH

A coenzyme found in all living cells that is produced during glycolysis and used as an electron carrier in the process of cellular respiration.

FADH2

A redox cofactor involved in cellular respiration, acting as a carrier of electrons to the electron transport chain.