Objectives

Identify the structure of an organization and its characteristics.

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"Analyzing organizational structure"

Beginning by collecting information about the organization of the Inditex Group (articles, Inditex's web page), the student will try to define its organizational structure in relation to:

- The model into which it falls, addressing factors such as: Tasks, coordination, responsibility, participation, formalization.

- Type of structure. Justify the choice with a description of the characteristics that the student perceives.

- Organizational structure of the management

- Organizational characteristics that "learn" and that can be identified.

The assignment will be presented in a ppt. (It can include images, graphics), with a maximum length of 10 slides, with one additional slide that has bibliographical references.

Recommended support bibliography:

• MINTZBERG, Henry (1983). Designing Effective Organizations. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.Ed.: Prentice-Hall

• INDITEX Information on Inditex Group and Zara. http://www.inditex.es/en/

• INDITEX Information on Inditex Group and Zara. http://www.inditex.es/en/

• Zara case: description of the development of the Zara group. http://www.gallaugher.com/Zara%20Case.pdf

• Zara case study: part I and II http://thirdeyesight.in/articles/ImagesFashion_Zara_Part_I.pdf and http://thirdeyesight.in/articles/ImagesFashion_Zara_Part_II.pdf