I hope to work for the Federal Government after graduation in an organization such as FEMA. I choose Samsung for this exercise as computers are commonly used in government positions and I currently use Samsung products. I learned a lot about organization from Markel’s chapter 7. It helped me see patterns in websites I had not noticed before. While I was looking through Samsung’s website I noticed it is most often organized by classification, but as I looked harder I discovered a couple of examples of other organizational patterns.
The Samsung website, www.samsung.com/us/, lists categories across the top of the homepage in a classification or partition pattern. The categories are discover, shop products, apps, and owners and support. When you click on a category subcategories are shown in a drop down menu, these are also organized by classification or partition. The home page as you scroll down is organized in a more important to a less important pattern. First you are shown pictures of phones, then phone accessories. Further down you are shown pictures of tablets, then accessories for tablets. The main products are shown first, then products that support them.
In the shop products section the drop down menu is organized by types of products which is another example of classification or partition. When you click on a product type, for example cell phones, you are invited to shop by category, feature or carrier. In these options you are invited to compare cellphones you are interested in. This is a compare and contrast pattern of organization.
In the owner’s and support drop down menu it gives you a list of options that are organized in the general to specific organizational pattern. It starts with simple topics “get support, Samsung account, and set your new device,” to more in-depth topics such as “skills workshops, manuals and downloads, and help with your order.”
