Lesson 9: Flashcards
It is undertaken to facilitate the implementation of plans
Organizing
Is a management function which refers to “the structuring of resources and activities to accomplish objectives in an efficient and effective manner.”
Organizing
Refers to the arrangement or relationship of position within an organization
Structure
This determines the scope of work and how it is combined in a job
Division of Labor
This refers to the process of assigning various degrees of decision-making authority to subordinates
Delegation of authority
This is called the grouping of related jobs, activities, or processes into major organizational subunits
Departmentation
The number of people who report directly to a given manager
Span of control
The linking of activities in the organization that serves to achieve a common goal or objective
Coordination
It is “the structure that details lines of responsibilities, authority, and position.”
Formal organization
It is a diagram of the organization’s official positions and formal lines of authority
Organization chart
Provides written descriptions of authority relationships, details the functions of major organizational units, and describes job procedures
Organization manual
Describes personnel activities and company policies
Policy manual
This is when members of an organization spontaneously form a group with friendship as a principal reason for belonging
Informal groups
These require the formation of formal groups which will be assigned to perform specific tasks
Formal organization
According to _____, informal organizations are “vulnerable to expediency, manipulation, and opportunism.”
Valentine
This is a form of departmentalization in which everyone engaged in one functional activity is grouped into one unit
Functional organization
Refers to the organization of a company by divisions that brings together all those involved with a certain type of product or customer
Product or market organization
an organizational structure in which each employee reports to both a functional or division manager and to a project or group manager
Matrix organization
Primary reason for an individual to join an informal group
Friendship
Factor for joining or forming an informal group; it refers to the instance where people have the chance to share ideas and opinions
Proximity
Factor that is derived from unions, cultural societies, and fraternities
Need satisfaction
Factor in which it attract individuals like consumer society, sports club, etc
Group goals
Are structures that are very effective in smaller firms, especially “single-business firms where key activities revolve around well-defined skills and areas of specialization.”
Functional organization
These produce routine, nonmotivating employee tasks
Work specialization and division of labor
Is “appropriate for a large corporation with many product lines in several related industries.”
Product or Market Organization
Is a structure with two or more channels of command
Matrix organization
According to _____ and ______, matrix organization “is a structure with two (or more) channels of command, two lines of budget authority, and two sources of performance and reward.”
Thompson and Strickland
______ declared that “the matrix structure was designed to keep employees in a central pool and to allocate them to various projects in the firm according to the length of time they were needed.”
Higgins
Is a requisite for effective organizing
Delegation of authority
Refers to a manager’s right to tell subordinates what to do and then see that they do it
Line authority
A staff’s specialist’s right to give advice to a superior
Staff authority
Specialist’s right to oversee lower level personnel involved in that specialty, regardless of where the personnel are in the organization
Functional authority
Perform tasks that reflect the organization’s primary goal and mission
Line departments
Include all those that provide specialized skills in support of line departments
Staff departments
Individuals assigned to a specific manager to provide needed staff services
Personal staff
Individuals providing needed staff services for the whole organization
Specialized staff
Functional authority is given to a person to make decisions related to their expertise; this authority is given to most _______
Budget officers
Is a formal group of persons formed for a specific purpose; are very useful to engineering and manufacturing firms; is usually formed to provide the necessary line-up of expertise needed to achieve certain objectives
Committee
According to _____, the product planning committee “is often staffed by top executives from marketing, production, research, engineering, and finance, who work part-time to evaluate and approve product ideas.”
Millevo
It “is often staffed by top executives from marketing, production, research, engineering, and finance, who work part-time to evaluate and approve product ideas.”
Product planning committee
Committee that is created for a short-term purpose and have a limited life
Ad hoc committee
Is a relatively permanent committee that deals with issues on an ongoing basis
Standing committee
An example of a committee that is set up to handle initially complaints from employees of the organization
Grievance committee
__________ suggested that committees “might be useful to set up some procedures to make the committee a more effective tool to accomplish our goals.”
Delaney
