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Examples of Organizational Tools
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HIERARCHY EXAMPLE: Starts with broad topic "Classroom" and is broken down into 3 subtopics "Boys", "Girls", and "Teachers". Each subtopic is then further broken down into even more categories. This visual organization for a classroom separates and breaks down subtopics. This visual display can be helpful to compare and contrast information.
SEQUENCE/OUTLINE EXAMPLE: Starts with broad concepts but is broken down into subtopics in a linear fashion. These lines help show the connection between subtopics in a certain order. Order of information is important for these structures; remembering how to perform a certain task, for example - getting from one place to another- requires steps in a certain order. Point A would be in the top left square and Point B would be in the top right square. Every step would be under these two squares with the arrows indicating the preferred sequence of information.
MATRIX EXAMPLE: Has one horizontal row of topics and one vertical column of topics. Each one of these topics is broken down to subtopics with lines. Relationships are found between elements. For example, the topic of "Sales" and "Manager: Project B" is "Sales Unit". This means that the two topics have "Sales Unit" in common.
MODEL EXAMPLE: Starts with one topic that is bound to its own topic, which is bound to its own topic, etc. Some topics are connected to another in more than one direction, meaning that different topics cause each other in multiple ways. For example,"Requirements" is connected to "Analysis" which is connected to "Design", however, "Design" is also connected with "Analysis".
CONCEPT MAP EXAMPLE: Different subtopics branch out from one central topic. Some subtopics are further broken down into their own subtopics. Among all of this, different subtopics cause or relate to other subtopics. Words and/or arrows, and sometimes even shapes are used to distinguish relationships between information. In this example, words are used to explain the relationship between subtopics, which are in bubbles.
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The following case study defines organizational memory as well as explains why it is important to improving memory. This study talks about how organization is important to avoid generalizing and improve memory. This case further supports the examples above.