In class on Wednesday we finalized our groups and movie selections, as well as go over Chapter 4 on Organizing. This involved the four different stages of growth in a business, from a one person (you do it all yourself), to assistants (you hire a few people to help with the work), to Line Organization (each member has a role and a direct supervisor), to Line and Staff Organization (you add experts to the equation, who have no direct role in production). We also went over Departmentalization, which could be functional (common functions are grouped together), product (functions are associated with common prodcut together), or matrix (a blend of the two, as we said in essence having two bosses). We went over the advantages and disadvantages of each style as well. We then discussed an Inverted Pyramid style of business which involved having the Sales representatives make the decisions as they are the closest to the customers. We also watched a video on Google, who uses this Inverted Pyramid style, and we saw what their office looked like as well as the decisions they are able to make on a daily basis that can affect the company.
The next scribe will be Marcos
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