Explain What Is Meant by an Anticipatory Breach

question 81

Essay

Explain what is meant by an anticipatory breach.

Recognize the significance of contingency factors in the design of organisations.

Understand the relationship between organisational size and its structure, and the concept of a simultaneous loose-tight structure.

Understand the characteristics and implications of different spans of control within organisations.

Identify and explain the mechanisms for integrating organisational subsystems and their effectiveness based on different organisational needs.

---

Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.