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Assignment Background: In Chapter 13 you studied the organizational structure and its seven element and different characteristics of different organizations. The purpose of this assignment is to connect theory that has been studied and apply it to a scenario. This assignment will reflect your understanding of the reading and in-class lecture material and demonstrate your ability to research and communicate your ideas and report on relevant information related to the theory.

Organization structure exercise

Based on your lecture contents (chapter 13) Seven key elements in an organization’s structure, different types of departmentalization, and contingencies of organization structure:

Please indicate for each following scenarios, and for each case:

1. What would be organization structure/design for each organization? And explain why in one or two sentences?

2.What would be the span of control for each organization and explain why in one or two sentences?

3. Centralized vs decentralized, both or neither? And explain why in one or two sentences?

4. Formulized or NOT or both or neither? And explain why in one or two sentences?

(You are encouraged for clarification to do some research on each organization but remember to use the APA format for you’re your citation and references.)

Organization 1.

Weston Food Canada; George Weston Limited, often referred to as Weston or Weston's, is a Canadian food processing and distribution company. Founded by George Weston in 1882, the company today consists of Weston Foods, a wholly owned subsidiary, and Loblaw Companies Limited, the country's largest supermarket retailer, in which it maintains a controlling interest. Retail brands include President's Choice, No Name and Joe Fresh, in addition to bakery brands Wonder, Country Harvest, D'Italiano, Ready Bake and Gadoua. The company is controlled by the Weston family, which owns a majority share in George Weston Limited. Owner Weston family (63%) Number of employees 140,800 (2012), Subsidiaries: Loblaw Companies & Weston Bakeries

Headquarters: 22 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Area served: Canada & United States

Organization 2:

Brafasco (short for 'Brampton Fastener Company'), specializing in fasteners, opens up in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, Agile distributors of fasteners, tools, safety supplies, abrasives, paints and more. Employees include branch associate, drivers, marketing director & sales.

Publicaly traded (NASDAQ: HDS) on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as of June 27, 2013. stock the full range of items used by industry and trades for manufacturing, installation, service and repairs. We distribute products and quantities to meet the demanding needs of today's jobs in small to large volumes. Major suppliers including Dewalt, Lenox, Milwaukee, Husqvarna, Bosch, MSA, Norguard, 3M, Ridgid and more.

Proudly operating across Canada with 42 Branches, over 200 Associates, over 15,000 SKUs, superior delivery and services.

Organization 3:

Determined never to shovel snow again, you (as a Canadian) are establishing a new resort (all inclusive hotels, spa and golf resort) business on 5 Caribbean islands (Aruba, Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti and Saint Lucia). The resorts are under construction and are scheduled to open one year from now. You decide it is time to draw up an organizational chart for this new venture, called Club Ed

Organization 4:

Arani lighting: Headquartered in Montreal since 2009, Arani specializes in designing, manufacturing and distributing energy efficient LED lighting products for residential, commercial and industrial projects. Arani is committed to first-class customer service by providing efficient lighting solutions that are tailored and easy to install. Arani’s LED experts continuously introduce new products that seek to simplify the lives of lighting industry professionals. Employees include; the two owners, different department heads, product developers and design, packaging & logistic staff, network of agents and representatives throughout Canada, the United States, the Emirates & Turkey .

Values:

Our purpose is to simplify. We wish to simplify everyone's lives by all means available to us.

Organization 5:

Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe[6] headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad.

The principal divisions of the corporation are Industry, Energy, Healthcare (Siemens Healthineers), and Infrastructure & Cities, which represent the main activities of the corporation. The corporation is a prominent maker of medical diagnostics equipment and its medical healthcare division, which generates about 12 percent of the corporation's total sales, is its second-most profitable unit, after the industrial automation division. The corporation is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.[10] Siemens and its subsidiaries employ approximately 303,000 people worldwide and reported global revenue of around €62 billion in 2021[2] according to its earnings release.

Organization 6:

Vonage is an American publicly held business cloud communications provider. Headquartered in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, the company was founded in 2001 as a provider of residential telecommunications services based on voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). The number of employees is 2,400 (2020).

As of 2020, Vonage reported consolidated revenues of $1.25 billion. Through a series of acquisitions beginning in 2013, Vonage, previously a consumer-focused service provider, has expanded its presence in the business-to-business marketplace. Vonage's offering includes unified communications, contact center applications, and communications APIs. In November 2021, Ericsson