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Task 1: Organizational Dimensions
I am going to analyze a dental office along the dimensions shown below.
Formalization
Many written rules 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Few rules
Dental office is a private small business so they do not need to set too many rules for the employees.
Specialization
Separate tasks and roles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Overlapping tasks
Each employee has his/her own position; he/she has been assigned to do specific procedures in order to perform the best dental services to patients.
Hierarchy
Tall Hierarchy of authority 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Flat hierarchy of authority
The dental office is a centralized organization. Although each of the staffs has his/her own authority to do certain jobs or to make certain decisions, all of them have to follow to the dentist's words for the final decision at all time.
Technology
Product 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Service
New dental instruments and machines are bought to help provide better dental services to patients. For example, Laser machine.
External Environment
Stable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Unstable
The external environment only has few influences on dental business because seeing a dentist for regular checkups is as usual as seeing a family doctor. Dental checkups are part of the health maintenances.
Culture
Clear norms and values 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ambiguous norms and values
All the staffs do have clear norms and values; they wear uniforms and masks and gloves to prevent any hygiene problems...