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Organizational Structure Sort

Directions: Create a definition for each departmentalization category at the top of the box. Read each
of the following scenarios about organizational structures on the last page. Drag and drop each scenario
into the box of the right category. Compare your answers to the answers of another student. Talk over
any disagreements and make the necessary adjustments. Work together to come up an advantage and
disadvantage of each category.

FUNCTIONAL DEPARTMENTALIZATION
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PRODUCT DEPARTMENTALIZATION
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CUSTOMER DEPARTMENTALIZATION
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GEOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENTALIZATION
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1) Jasemach Inc., a machinery manufacturing
company, has organized its labor force into
separate divisions for procurement,
marketing, accounting, sales, transportation,
and production.
3) Larry, a human resources executive at
Printopress, caters to the human resources
needs of other departments in the company,
such as printing, publishing, marketing,
accounting, and transportation.
5) Shmature, a law firm, organizes its staff into
various departments depending on the type of
clients it deals with. These departments
include federally incorporated organizations,
sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited
liability companies, and corporations.
7) Millishk, a creamery that produces ice cream
and yogurt, has a production facility in every
country it operates in. The company uses
different ingredients for the manufacture of its
products based on local preferences. In the
company's management structure, each
production facility is considered a department.
9) Calcunick, a travel agency, organizes its labor
force into departments based on the category
of clients the respective department serves.
These departments include individual travel,
couple travel, family travel, and group travel.
11) Hippotian Inc. renders job consultancy
services for a range of applicants. The
employees of the company are
departmentalized based on the type of
applicants they deal with. These departments
include disabled applicants, fresher applicants,
managerial applicants, internship applicants,
and senior citizen applicants.
2) Bridget's Gifts, a gift store in Janville, has four
departments: flowers and soft toys, cards and e-
cards, metal collectibles, and photo albums and
scrapbooks. These departments are responsible
for manufacturing their own commodities.
4) Bovindar, a wholesale distributor of gym
equipment, organizes its salesforce based on the
region it caters to. Therefore, the salespeople
who work in the north, south, east, and west
regions of a country report to their respective
department heads.
6) Aisletton, an electronic gadgets manufacturer,
organizes its workforce into various departments
based on the service the department provides.
8) The manager of Flogymki, a newly opened
continental restaurant, decides to organize the
restaurant's labor force into separate divisions
for purchases, serving, home delivery,
accounting, cooking, etc.
10) Clanacotta, a designing firm, organizes its
workforce into departments based on the service
the department provides, such as web designing,
magazine designing, and portfolio publishing.
12) Applepom, a multinational restaurant chain,
follows different pricing policies and serves
different types of cuisine depending on the region
it operates in. The company has separate
departments for the Middle East, other Asian
countries, Russia, other European countries, North
America, Latin America, Oceania, and Africa.