work function

Examples of work function in the following topics:

• Management Areas: A Functional View

  • A functional view of an organization looks at the skills and expertise required to fulfill certain business functions at the group level.
  • Examples of functional organizations include finance, sales, marketing, human resources, and customer service.
  • Some refer to a functional area as a "silo. " Communication generally occurs within a single department.
  • If information or project work is needed from another department, a request is transmitted up to the department head who communicates the request to the other department head.
  • Team members complete project work in addition to normal department work.

• Specialization by Skillset

  • Specialization by skillset can be seen in functional departmentalization, grouping workers by the functions they perform.
  • One can see specialization by skillset being used in functional departments, grouping activities by functions performed.
  • Activities can be grouped according to function (work being done) to pursue economies of scale by placing employees with shared skills and knowledge into departments, such as human resources, IT, accounting, manufacturing, logistics, and engineering.
  • Functional departmentalization can be used in all types of organizations.
  • As a whole, a functional organization is best suited as a producer of standardized goods and services at large volume and low cost.

• Cross-Functional Teams

  • A cross-functional team comprises people from different departments and with special areas of expertise working to achieve a common goal.
  • Many business activities require cross-functional collaboration to achieve successful outcomes.
  • In this example, the team brings together people from five different functional areas.
  • People who work in the same discipline or area have a common understanding and a terminology for their work that is unknown to others.
  • Cross-functional teams may be more likely than less complex teams to have members with divergent perspectives on how work gets done.

• Composition of Functions and Decomposing a Function

  • Functional composition allows for the application of one function to another; this step can be undone by using functional decomposition.
  • The resulting function is known as a composite function.
  • We follow the usual convention with parentheses by starting with the innermost parentheses first, and then working to the outside.
  • When evaluating a composite function where we have either created or been given formulas, the rule of working from the inside out remains the same.
  • Practice function composition by applying the rules of one function to the results of another function

• Secant and the Trigonometric Cofunctions

  • Each of these functions has a reciprocal function, which is defined by the reciprocal of the ratio for the original trigonometric function.
  • Note that reciprocal functions differ from inverse functions.
  • Inverse functions are a way of working backwards, or determining an angle given a trigonometric ratio; they involve working with the same ratios as the original function.
  • The secant function is the reciprocal of the cosine function, and is abbreviated as sec.
  • The cosecant function is the reciprocal of the sine function, and is abbreviated as csc.

• Motivation

  • At the beginning of this course, we saw that superposition of functions in terms of sines and cosines was extremely useful for solving problems involving linear systems.
  • We then argued that since the equations were linear this was enough to let us build the solution for an arbitrary forcing function if only we could represent this forcing function as a sum of sinusoids.
  • The representation of arbitrary functions in terms of sines and cosines is called Fourier analysis.
  • He is best known for his work on heat conduction.
  • Fourier established the equation governing di↵usion and used infinite series of trigonometric functions to solve it.

• Structural-Functionalism

  • Societies are seen as coherent, bounded and fundamentally relational constructs that function like organisms, with their various parts (social institutions) working together to maintain and reproduce them.
  • The various parts of society are assumed to work in an unconscious, quasi-automatic fashion towards the maintenance of the overall social equilibrium.
  • All social and cultural phenomena are therefore seen as being functional in the sense of working together to achieve this state and are effectively deemed to have a life of their own.
  • Manifest functions are the intended functions of a phenomenon in a social system.
  • Latent functions are the unintended functions of a phenomenon in a social system.

• Matrix Structure

  • The matrix structure groups employees by both function and product .
  • A matrix organization frequently uses teams of employees to accomplish work, in order to take advantage of strengths, as well as mitigate weaknesses of functional and decentralized forms.
  • Weak or functional matrix: A project manager with only limited authority is assigned to oversee the cross-functional aspects of the project.
  • The functional managers maintain control over their resources and project areas.
  • It brings the best aspects of functional and projectized organizations.

• Introduction to Musical Functions

  • The concept of musical functions is foundational to musical analysis, and essential to the understanding of musical styles.
  • A musical function typically has two defining features: the characteristics of the musical elements that tend to belong to that function (what notes tend to be found in the chord, for example), and the kinds of elements (or functions) that tend to precede or follow it in a succession of musical elements.
  • Different styles of music may exhibit different functions or different behaviors for the same functions.
  • The study of function and the study of style are inextricably linked.
  • And it is that analytical work that will lead to true understanding of the pieces of music analyzed, and the styles to which they belong.

• Minuet Form

  • The concept of musical functions is foundational to musical analysis, and essential to the understanding of musical styles.
  • A musical function typically has two defining features: the characteristics of the musical elements that tend to belong to that function (what notes tend to be found in the chord, for example), and the kinds of elements (or functions) that tend to precede or follow it in a succession of musical elements.
  • Different styles of music may exhibit different functions or different behaviors for the same functions.
  • The study of function and the study of style are inextricably linked.
  • And it is that analytical work that will lead to true understanding of the pieces of music analyzed, and the styles to which they belong.