Question 1 Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week (chapter – 7,8 ) and write what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter. Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:
Describe the organizational structure of your school or company. What difficulties have you encountered working within this structure?
Question 2 Activity I: Give an example of an organization with an ineffective or cumbersome structure. Explain the problems with the current structure and how these problems could be solved.
Activity II: Prepare a risk management plan for the project of finding a job after graduation.
Requirements: 4 – 5 pages
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In my own view, the department of homeland security (DHS) has an ineffective or cumbersome structure. It uses a hierarchical organizational structure where decisions and information flow from the senior-most person to subsequent officials. In other words, the chain of command goes from the top down, where it flows from the secretary of homeland security to the constable police officer. This type of structure makes DHS less flexible to changes (Kudrick, Korbelak, Dressel, Lockett-Reynolds, Rutherford, Witbeck, & Peterson, 2019. It makes it less accommodative to the current changes, thus lagging behind. Also, it makes the workers act in the interest of their respective departments or units instead of the entire agency bringing differences. Although there are some units working better, it makes the entire agency ineffective in addressing social concerns (Shtub & Rosenwein, 2017). Lastly, it makes lower-level employees
