Video Resources

Video Resource 6.1:  Embracing uncertainty (9.33 min)

Description:  Our brains interpret uncertainty as a threat but we still crave to change the world when there are no guarantees. Joshua Bailey shares the greatest threat we face when trying to make change.

Learning Objectives

LO 6.1: Articulate the meaning and importance of organizational structure.

LO 6.5: List the major objectives of the three levels of management and provide examples of typical job titles.

Video Resource 6.2:  Henry Mintzberg (TEDxMcGill) (14.21 min)

Description:  Henry Mintzberg, prolific on the topic of modern management, tells us why managers need to be curious.

Learning Objectives

LO 6.1: Articulate the meaning and importance of organizational structure.

LO 6.3: Describe the five elements of organizational structure identified by Mintzberg.

Video Resource 6.3:  How the gig economy is changing careers (9:24 min)

Description: Gianpiero Petriglieri studies how successful independent workers manage the exhilaration and occasional despair of life in the gig economy. Strategies for success have implications for current and future freelancers, as well as organizations are explained.

Learning Objectives

LO 6.1: Articulate the meaning and importance of organizational structure.

LO 6.5: List the major objectives of the three levels of management and provide examples of typical job titles.

Web Resources

Web Resource 6.1:  Breaking down silos is a myth: Do this instead

Description:  The author attempts to debunk myths that organizational silos are not necessary or productive.

Learning Objectives

LO 6.3: Describe the five elements of organizational structure identified by Mintzberg.

LO 6.4: Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of functional, product, geographic, and matrix organizational structures.