ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE Flashcards
refers to how individual and team work within an organization are coordinated
Organizational structure
To achieve organizational goals and objectives, individual work needs to be coordinated and managed.
Organizational structure
Four elements as the building blocks, or elements, making up a company’s structure.
- centralization
- formalization
- hierarchical levels
- departmentalization
the degree to which decision-making authority is concentrated at higher levels in an organization.
centralization
the extent to which an organization’s policies, procedures, job descriptions, and rules are written and explicitly articulatedv
formalization
Formalized structures are those in which there are many written rules and regulations
formalization
type of hierarchical levels
tall structure
flat structure
have several layers of management between frontline employees and the top level
tall structure
consist of only a few layers
flat structure
the number of employees reporting to each manager tends to be smaller, resulting in greater opportunities for managers to supervise and monitor employee activities
tall structure
involve a larger number of employees reporting to each manager
flat structure
employee in the marketing department may serve as an event planner, planning promotional events for all the products of the company
functional structure
there would be organization under the company and we will know who will be responsible for which would be handling the affairs
- Departmentalization