According to the text, formal organizations have some inadequacies, but informal organizations can help compensate for these. What is an informal organization? After defining this term, name one way by which informal organizations might compensate for formal organizations.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary but needs to include a definition of an informal organization as to how organizations actually work, as opposed to the way they are supposed to work based on their formal rules and regulations. Some ways by which informal organizations can compensate for formal organizations' inadequacies include useful actions that employees can take that are ignored by the formal organization, such as students offering advice on faculty members who make the best (and worst) advisers. Another example from the text is solving problems without putting things down in writing to avoid the time-consuming documentation or the rigid protocols required once it is in writing.
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