LESSON 8 Flashcards
BASIC ELEMENTS OF ORGANIZING
importance of organizing
Clarifies
Divides
Provides
Establishes
Develops
Relates
Establishes authority
The determination of an individual’s work related responsibilities.
job design
the overall task of the organization is divided into smaller component parts.
job specialization
5 ALTERNATIVES FOR JOB
SPECIALIZATION
job rotation
job enlargement
job enrichment
job characteristic approach
work teams
this involves systematically moving employees from one job to another.
job rotation
it involves increasing both the number of tasks the worker does and the control the worker has over the job.
job enrichment
it allows an entire group to design the work system it will use to perform an interrelated set of tasks.
work teams
it suggests that jobs should be diagnosed and improved along five core dimensions.
job characteristic approach
this involves increasing the total number of tasks worker performs
job enlargement
types of organizational structure
tall
flat
this leads to higher levels of employee morale and productivity
flat
usually tend to be more expensive requiring more managers.
tall
3 MAJOR FORMS OF INTERDEPENDENCE
pool interdependence
reciprocal interdependence
sequential interdependence
it is when units operate with little interaction; their output is simply pooled at the organizational level.
pool interdependence
it is when the output of a unit comes becomes then input for another unit.
sequential interdependence
