Organisational Structure Flashcards
organisational structure
the formal
interrelationships and hierarchical arrangements
of human resources within a business
delegation
passing on of control
and decision-making authority to others
span of control
the number of people who are directly accountable to a manager
levels of the hierarchy
the organizational structure
based on a ranking system
bureaucracy
the execution of tasks that are governed by official administrative and formal rules of an organization
chain of command
the formal line of authority
through which communications and orders are passed down in
an organization
centralisation
decision-making is made by a very
small number of people
decentralisation
decision-making authority and responsibility are shared with others
delayering
the process of removing one or more levels in the
hierarchy to flatten the organizational structure
matrix structure
the flexible method of organizing
employees from different departments to temporarily work together on a project
organisation by product
firms with large range of products may structure their HR based on the type of product produced/sold
organisation by function
when firms organise their human resources by function (marketing, finance & accounts, operations management, human resources, ICT)
organisation by region
when firms (usually MNCs) organise human resources by geographical region
