According to the Lawrence and Lorsch Contingency Model of Organizational

question 38

Multiple Choice

According to the Lawrence and Lorsch contingency model of organizational structure, differentiation refers to the

• A) complexity of structure in an organization.
• B) lack of collaboration among divisions.
• C) fact that different workers learn to specialize in different tasks.
• D) number of different products produced.

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Definitions:

Stability

The state or quality of being stable; firmness in position, continuity without change, dependability, or resistance to change.

Nurture

In psychology, this term emphasizes the role of environmental factors and experiences in shaping an individual's development, as opposed to genetic inheritance.

Association Areas

Regions of the cerebral cortex that integrate and process information from the sensory and motor areas, involved in complex functions such as language, problem solving, and spatial reasoning.

Neural Networks

Computational models designed to simulate the behavior of biological neural networks, capable of learning tasks by considering examples without being programmed with task-specific rules.