Describe a group you are a member of (online community, church, job, etc.) and how it is organized. Is there management? How is information distributed within the group?
Here at JMU I work for Parking Services. We monitor parking lots and issue citations to illegally parked vehicles. There are student employees and there are full time staff people that keep the organization running. All the employees fit into an organized flow chart or "org chart."
The chart is as follows:
Director
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Associate Director
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Student Supervisors <--> Full Time Supervisor
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Student Cadets Full Time Officers
There is one director, one associate director, 4 student supervisors, one full time supervisor, twenty student cadets, and five full time officers. There is clearly management with in the organization. Information that is passed from one tier to the next tier is either done through meetings, e-mail, or online and paper posts. Generally information does not skip tiers, that is, the cadets will not receive information from the associate director, that information is passed through the student supervisors. There is however some communication among all supervisors, but that information is passed down from upper management. The process works well and things stay organized and because the organization is small the information spreads quickly with little to no glitches.
Nice org chart.
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