Be ready to retell the text “Doing the Business”. (Students who were ready with this task do not need to do it.)
Read the following text presenting one more classification of company structure, write out unknown words. Do a word formation task.
The four basic types of company structure are Family, Eiffel Tower, Guided Missile, and Incubator.
The Family is a person-oriented culture and is (1) __________ in the sense that the father figure has experience and authority exceeding that of his children. The atmosphere in the Family culture (2) __________ mimics that of home. Greece, Spain, and Japan are examples of countries with Family corporate cultures.
The Eiffel Tower (3) __________ a hierarchical structure in which the (4) __________ of labor and (5) __________ roles and functions are prescribed in advance. A supervisor oversees many (6) __________, a manager oversees several supervisors, and so on up the corporate ladder. In this role-oriented culture, the structure is more important than the function. Australia, Germany, and Venezuela are examples of Eiffel Tower cultures.
The Guided Missile culture is a project-oriented culture (so important for the (7) __________ economy) and is more egalitarian than the Family or Eiffel Tower. The Guided Missile culture has a rationale of ends rather than the Eiffel Tower’s rationale of means. Members of this culture do not have predetermined roles, but do whatever it takes to complete a task. The United States, Norway, and Ireland are examples of Guided Missile cultures.
The Incubator culture is a (8) __________ -oriented culture that is both personal and egalitarian. There is almost no structure and minimal hierarchy. It is a (9) __________ and intense culture acting as a sounding board for new ideas and initiatives. Canada, Denmark, and Switzerland are Incubator culture countries. Start-up firms in Silicon Valley, Calif., also (10) __________ this culture.
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