Orgman LG4 Flashcards
Group of people who work together
Organization
3 aspects of organizational design
Work activities, report relationship, and departmental grouping options
Identifies the essentials tasks and operations of the company
Organizational design
Framework that shows how each component of the company relates to one another
Organizational structure
6 elements of organizational structure
Work specialization
Departmentalization
Chain of command
Span of control
Centralization and decentralization
Dividing task into specific jobs
Work specialization
Grouping jobs into units
departmentalization
The line of authority within the organization
Chain of command
Refers to the number of employees a manager can effectively and efficiently manage
span of control
Refers to the concentration of decision making of top level
involves distributing decision
Centralization and decentralization
Rules are written and explicitly articulated
Formalization
Most basic dorm of organizational design
Simple organizational structure
Company is divided into departments based on specific functions
Functional organizational structure
Company is divided into semi autonomous divisions. Each have specific target
divisional organizational structure
Matrix or hybrid structure
Organizational design that combines elements of both functional and divisional structures. Multiple division simultaneously
Multi-focused grouping
