Based on the Assessment Below: What did you discover about yourself? Are you more comfortable in a mechanistic structure or an organic structure?

MOD 1 - SELF-ASSESSMENT EXERCISE Finding Your Comfort Level This exercise is designed to help you determine whether you are more comfortable working in an organization with a mechanistic structure or one with an organic structure. The fifteen statements below reflect preferences that people can have in workplace structure and environment. Using the following scale, indicate the extent to which each statement accurately describes your preference: Strongly agree Agree somewhat Undecided Disagree somewhat Strongly disagree lINUJ-Ihu'l Iprefer to work in an organization in which: 49. My length of service is almost as important as my 4_1. Goals are defined by those at higher levels. level of performance. 42. Work methods and procedures are specified. 5_10. Management is able to provide the information | 43. Top management makes important decisions. need to do my job well. 34. My loyalty counts as much as my ability to do the _ 411. The chain of command is well established. job. 5_12. Rules and procedures are adhered to equally by 45. Clear lines of authority and responsibility are everyone. established. 5_13. People accept the authority of a leader's position. 36. Top management is decisive and firm. 414. People do as they've been instructed. 37. My career is pretty well planned out for me. 415. People clear things with their bosses before going 3 8. I can specialize. over their heads. How to score: Find your score by adding the numbers that you assigned to the fifteen statements. Interpret your score as follows: 0 The higher your score above 64, the more comfortable you are with a mechanistic structure. 0 The lower your score below 48, the more comfortable you are with an organic structure. - Scores between 48 and 64 can go either way