BA437/637: International & Global Business by Chapter: Chapter Fourteen

Films on Demand - 19:53
This film examines a range of types of economies of scale and through interviews with a range of experts, as well as people on the street, explores how economies of scale work in business.

Films on Demand - 7:34
This video explores organisational purpose, structure and objectives through the eyes of four operators in very different Australian and UK-based business environments.

Kanopy - 33:00
The one unavoidable part of an organization: change. After investigating the three essential ingredients of organizational change, focus on the kind of practical steps you can take to achieve change in your organization.

Kanopy - 27:30
The culture of an organisation is about the way staff do their work and their attitudes to their work.

Films on Demand (32:16 min)
All businesses have structures. Some may be hierarchical, some may be flat. But how does the structure affect the way decisions are taken? This program discusses “span of control” and “chain of command”and differentiates between a centralized and a decentralized organization? It also considers the problems of silos as opposed to establishing cross-functional teams.

(Souces of Insight) Michael Watkins writes about how to design an effective organizational architecture and help you avoid dysfunctional arrangements.

(University of Minnesota) We cover motivating employees through job design, goal setting, performance feedback, and reward systems.

(University of Minnesota) As much as individual- and team-level factors influence work attitudes and behaviors, the organization’s structure can be an even more powerful influence over employee actions.

(University of Minnesota) Understanding how people can be most efficiently organized is the basis for modern management thought, and we illustrate the building blocks of organizational structure.

(MIT Sloan Management Review) To operate their organizations effectively across the globe, leaders need to rethink how and where work gets done.

(Chron) Horizontal and vertical organizations are two of the most common types of business structures. Understanding the benefits and drawbacks of each can help you make the right decision for your company.

(Point Park University) The types of organizational structures in business are just as important as its products, marketing plan and long-term strategy.

(TutorialsPoint) Every international business firm has to face various issues related to organizational policies.

(LinkedIn) Politically and physically, the global economy is decentralizing as a result of rising economic nationalism and stagnant world trade in goods. Yet in other ways, the world’s people and businesses continue to rapidly integrate digitally through the internet, connected devices, and social media.

(Business News Daily) An organizational structure helps you determine your company's leadership hierarchy and flow of information.

(SHRM) The key to a successful organization is to have a culture based on a strongly held and widely shared set of beliefs that are supported by strategy and structure.

(SHRM) Organizational structure aligns and relates parts of an organization, so it can achieve its maximum performance.

(Chron) Organizational structure takes on an added level of complexity in international businesses, as employees from vastly different cultures, performing completely different tasks, are all part of the same organization.