Organizational Structure Flashcards
What is organizational structure?
An Organizational Structure is a design of an organization, which shows the formal relationships between workers and management.
The organizational structure defines…
The structure defines who reports to whom and which worker must do what job in order for another job to be done.
Organizational structure may be expressed as…
Organizational Charts
What is Span of control?
This refers to the number of subordinates a supervisor has.
What is an example of span of control?
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What is Chain of command?
The line of authority and responsibility along which orders are passed.
What is an example of chain of command?
- Principal -
- Vice principal -
- Dean -
- Heads of Department -
- Teachers -
What are organizational relationship
The formal relationships which appear on a chart.
The formal relationships which appear on a chart are primarily:
- Line relationship
- Lateral relationship
- Staff relationship
- Functional relationship
What is a Line relationship?
The direct relationship between superior and subordinate.
e.g. accounts supervisor and junior accountant
What is a lateral relationship?
The relationship between workers at the same level e.g. sales clerk 1 and sales clerk 2; sales manager and finance manager
What is a staff relationship?
The relationship between a managerial assistant and other areas. The assistant will be able to offer advice to a line manager, however, they have no authority over the line manager actions.
E.g. Legal Advisor and Manager
What is a functional relationship?
This exists when a specialist manager is responsible for a specific function within a number of departments.
Types of Organizational structures are:
- Line/Direct
- Line and Staff
- Functional
What is a line/direct structure?
These charts show levels of authority from top to bottom.
What is a line and staff structure?
This type of structure shows line or main relationships and staff or supporting relationships.
What is a functional structure?
The company is organized according to the functional areas such as marketing, production, finance and research and development.
Functional structure
- Manager -
- Production manager
- Marketing manager
- Finance manager
- Worker 1
- Worker 2
Line and staff structure
- Marketing manager -
- Legal Advisor
(Section X)
- Marketing Manager
(Section Y)
- Marketing Manager
(Section Z)
- Marketing Manager
- Sales Agent
- Sales Agent
- Sales Agent
Line/Direct structure
- Owner -
- Manager
- Worker 1
- Worker 2
