Organizational Architecture Basics

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What is the purpose of organizational architecture?

  • To create aesthetically pleasing office spaces
  • To provide the infrastructure into which business processes are deployed and ensure realization of the organization's core qualities (correct)
  • To establish a hierarchy of power within the organization
  • To maximize profits for the organization

How do organizations aim to consistently realize their core qualities?

  • Across the services they offer to their clients (correct)
  • By maximizing shareholder value
  • By creating complex reporting structures
  • Through aesthetic office designs

What does organizational architecture refer to?

  • The financial structure of an organization
  • The marketing strategies employed by an organization
  • The physical design of office spaces within an organization
  • The creation of roles, processes, and formal reporting relationships in an organization (correct)

What is the metaphorical comparison used to describe organizational architecture?

<p>Traditional architecture shaping the organizational space where life takes place (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does organizational architecture aim to create within an organization?

<p>A unique synergistic system that is more than just the sum of its parts (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Purpose of Organizational Architecture

Provides the structure for business processes to operate and ensures an organization's core qualities are realized.

Core Quality Realization

Organizations strive to consistently embody their core qualities in all services offered to customers.

Organizational Architecture

Creating roles, processes, and reporting structures within an organization.

Metaphor for Organizational Architecture

A 'traditional' architecture shapes the organizational space.

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Synergistic Organizational System

Architecture creates a system that's more effective than its individual components.

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