Nature of Organizations Flashcards
_ involves division of labor and special-ization according to Bateman and Snell (2008)
Differentiation in organizations
_ involves assigning different tasks to different people in the organization’s different work units.
Division of labor
_ is another process in the organization’s internal environment which involves the collaboration and coordination of its different work units or work divisions
Integration
_ refers to the procedures that con-nect the work activities of the different work divisions/units of the firm in order to achieve its overall goal.
Coordination
_-clears out issues related to authority rights, resposibilities, and reporting relationships
Vertical Organization Structure
_-refers to a selection of independent, usually single-function organizations that work together to produce a product or service
Horizontal Organization chart
_ is a system made of tasks to be accomplished
organization structure
types of organizational structures include:
a. vertical structure
b. horizontal structure
c. network structure
According to _, a vertical structure clears out issues related to authority rights, responsibilities, and reporting rela-tionships.
Bateman and Snell (2008)
_ clears out issues related to authority rights, responsibilities, and reporting rela-tionships.
vertical structure
A _ refers to the departmentalization of an orga-nization into smaller work units as tasks become increasingly varied and numerous.
horizontal structure
Types of Department:
Line departments, Staff departments, Functional approach, Divisional approach, Matrix approach, network structure
deal directly with the firm’s primary goods and services; responsible for manufacturing, selling, and providing services to clients
Line departments
support the activities of the line departments by doing research, attending to legal matters, performing public relations duties, etc. Meanwhile, departmentalization may be done using three approaches:
Staff departments
_ where the subdivisions are formed based on specialized activities such as marketing, production, financial manage ment, and human resources management.
Functional approach
_ where departments are formed based on man-agement of their products, customers, or geographic areas covered.
Divisional approach
is a hybrid form of departmentalization where managers and staff personnel report to the superiors, the functional manager, and the divisional manager.
Matrix approach
is a collection of independent, usually single function organizations/companies that work together in order to produce a product or service.
network structure
