LO7-1 Identify the factors that influence managers' choice of an organizational structure.

LO7-2 Explain how managers group tasks into jobs that are motivating and satisfying for employees.

LO7-3 Describe the types of organizational structures managers can design, and explain why they choose one structure over another.

LO7-4 Explain why managers must coordinate jobs, functions, and divisions using the hierarchy of authority and integrating mechanisms.

LO7-5 Describe how information technology (IT) is helping managers build strategic alliances and network structures to increase efficiency and effectiveness.

LO8-1 Define organizational control, and explain how it increases organizational effectiveness.

LO8-2 Describe the four steps in the control process and the way it operates over time.

LO8-3 Identify the main output controls, and discuss their advantages and disadvantages as means of coordinating and motivating employees.

LO8-4 Explain how clan control or organizational culture creates an effective organizational architecture.

LO8-5 Discuss the relationship between organizational control and change, and explain why managing change is a vital management task.

LO8-6 Understand the role of entrepreneurship in the control and change process.