Answer question 2 below the case study. the School of Culture & Creative Arts; the Schoolof Modern Languages & Cultures; and its gradu-ate school. The College of Medical, Veterinary andLife Sciences contalns: the School of Life Sciences;the School of Medicine; the School of VeterinaryMedicine; its graduate school and seven researchinstitutes. The College of Science and Engineeringcontains: the School of Chemistry; the School ofComputing Science; the School of Engineering; theSchool of Geographical & Earth Sclences; the Schoolof Mathematics & Statistics; the School of Physics &Astronomy; the School of Psychology: and its gradu-ate school. The College of Social Sciences contains:the Business School; the School of Education; theSchool of Interdisciplinary Studies; the School of Law;the School of Social & Political Sciences; and its grad-CASE FOR ANALYSIS 4.1Organization StructuresScotia Universitycotia University is located in Scotland and, likeOmost organizations, periodically restructures itsorganization to better align its structure to Its strategy.Universities are no different from any other organi-zation but tend to use different terminology when itcomes to organization structures. Senate is the senioracademic body of the university. Legally and consti-tutionally it is responsible for the academic activity ofthe university which is teaching and research. Senateis also responsible for student conduct. The UniversityCourt is involved in the development of, and ultimatelyapproves, the university's strategic plan. It approvesany major financial decisions, such as whether or notto borrow money; it also approves the university'sproposed budget.The principal divisions are normally termed col-leges, faculties or schools, with colleges being anoverarching structure with direct responsibility to theUniversity Executive or Senior Management Team.The Scotia University College of Arts contains: theSchool of Humanities; the School of Critical Studles;uate school.The chief executive of a Scottish university hasthe title Principal and Vice-Chancellor and theChancellor is a lay-member of the university (not anemployee). The Senior Management Group advisesthe Principal as chief executive officer of the Univer-sity on matters of policy. It also advises Court andSenate on matters of strategic policy (academic andresource), and acts on a day-to-day basis to imple-ment the policies of Court and Senate. The SeniorManagement Group (SMG) comprises: the Princi-pal, Vice-Principals, Heads of Colleges, Secretary132PART 2 ORGANIZATIONAL PURPOSE AND STRUCTURAL DESIGNof Court and the Director of Finance. The SMG hasresponsibility for ensuring that the university policiesare effectively implemented and that this is done in acoordinated way across the Colleges and UniversityServices. It has a role in developing corporate initi-atives and policies, for consideration by Senate andCourt. SMG maintains a watching brief on the uni-of students and for the reputation of the university.The Rector is elected by the students of the univer-sity to represent their interests. He or she is also,ex-officio, the Chairperson of the University Court,the body which administers the resources of theuniversity. The Rector is not active in universitystrategy or policy-making. The role is principally asspokesperson and representative for student issues.The Rector's participation in events is entirely volun-tary and depends on availability and personal choice.versity strategy and in particular on progress againstthe strategic key performance indicators (KPIS) andit takes action as required to ensure that the uni-versity is positioned to meet them. SMG also hasan ongoing responsibility to monitor, assess andaddress risk, and in liaison with Court, update thestrategic risk list annually.The Court is the governing body of the university,and is sometimes compared to the board of direc-tors of a company. Its powers have been definedover a number of years and are set out in a seriesof Acts of Parliament, the Universities (Scotland) Acts1858-1966, and subsidiary regulations and ordi-nances. The Court has ultimate responsibility for theCase Study Questions1 Describe and explain the structure of ScotiaUniversity in terms of its vertical structure andilustrate with an organization chart of the Colleges.2 How is coordination achieved in academicmatters?3 Matrix structures are often used to improvehorizontal coordination and information sharing,and are Ideal structures for a research institutedeployment of resources in the university and for thestrategic plans of the institution. It also has a mon-itoring role in relation to the overall performance ofthe university, and it holds the Principal accounta-ble for the effective and efficient management of thewhich brings together academics from acrosthe university. Using the College of SocialSciences as your example, illustrate how amatrix organization structure could be used fora research institute in management with tworesearch themes: business management andpublic management.university. It is responsible for the well-being of staff.With the Senate, it is responsible for the well-being

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