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freehub Joined: 25 May 2009 Posts: 1428 Location: Manchester/Selby
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Posted Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:16 pm |
Hi.
I'm doing abit of research for my assignment, it's so simple really it's just finding the bloody information, I've typed loads of phrases into google but nothing of relevance comes up.
What I'm trying to find is what companys use a hierarchical organisation, and what use a flat organisation. I need for find one company for each.
Thanks
Will.
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MattC59 Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 156 Location: Second star to the right and straight on till morning
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Posted Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:04 pm |
Evening !!
Probably the easiest thing to do is to pick a bunch of companies, write/email the HR department and ask them if they could tell you or send you an organisation structure chart ('Organogram' I think). If you explain your situation and what you want the info for, I'm sure they'd be pleased to help.
Cheers............ M
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GavH Joined: 04 Dec 2008 Posts: 516 Location: Lisburn, N Ireland
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Posted Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:11 pm |
Any one of the Armed Forces are a good example of Hierarchical. I believe a University is an example of flat.
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johnfinch Joined: 07 Oct 2008 Posts: 1088
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Posted Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:24 pm |
| GavH wrote: | | Any one of the Armed Forces are a good example of Hierarchical. I believe a University is an example of flat. |
From what I could make out, universities are more like a feudal hierarchy - although apparently the University of Barcelona is a workers co-operative.
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wiffachip Joined: 05 Mar 2008 Posts: 329
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Posted Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:33 pm |
how do you manage to get dressed on a morning bonny lad ? pack in the forums and get on with some work
what are you going to put in the bibliography - bikeradar.com ?
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redddraggon Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 8115 Location: North Wales
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Posted Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:41 pm |
Perhaps I should start a similar thread so I can get some research assistance?
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softlad Joined: 24 Jul 2008 Posts: 1504 Location: Ceredigion
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Posted Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:02 pm |
| redddraggon wrote: | | Perhaps I should start a similar thread so I can get some research assistance? |
I'm ready to help dragon - what do you need to know..? 
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redddraggon Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 8115 Location: North Wales
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mask of sanity Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 333 Location: Sussex/Bristol
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Posted Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:09 pm |
It's about how you phrase the search that's important for finding info. If what you are searching has a number of words put AND in between them. This will tell the search engine that it has to look for all the factors together, rather then individually. Another one is OR. This will obviously search for things that has one or the other. Just doing this should refine your search quite dramatically.
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Frank the tank Joined: 13 Jan 2009 Posts: 988 Location: Hucknall Notts
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Essex Man Joined: 21 Apr 2009 Posts: 65 Location: Saffron Walden-ish
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dmclite Joined: 14 Dec 2008 Posts: 1436
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mask of sanity Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 333 Location: Sussex/Bristol
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Posted Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:41 pm |
You can't reference Wikipedia! 
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teagar Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Posts: 1431
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mask of sanity Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 333 Location: Sussex/Bristol
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Posted Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:18 pm |
| teagar wrote: | You bet. I had seminar tutors who would deliberately falsify stuff on wikipedia directly related to our course to catch people out.
You have no idea who writes it nor whether it's remotely true! I've edited some entries on it for christ's sake! |
That's awesome!! Although I really hope mine don't do that because I still use it a lot for revision... 
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Cleat Eastwood Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 137 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:30 am |
what subject are you doing, it would hep to narrow down the concepts.
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Mothyman Joined: 25 May 2009 Posts: 485
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Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 10:24 pm |
hows the research going, Will?
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Geoff_SS Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 1028 Location: Derbyshire UK
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Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 11:12 pm |
Most companies are hierarchical in structure - at least the ones I've worked for. I understand that Google itself enjoys a flat structure. In reality, though, there's always a boss somewhere who makes the final decision so every organisation is to some extent hierarchical.
Geoff
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shouldbeinbed Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 271
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Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 11:34 pm |
Try your local police station & force for hierachical structure.
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