Unit-3: Organizing Flashcards
Q: What is organizing in management?
A: Organizing is the management process of arranging people and resources to achieve goals effectively.
Q: What is an organizational structure?
A: It is the outcome of the organizing process, defining authority relationships and impacting behavior within the organization.
Q: Name the five types of organizational structures according to Mintzberg.
A: Machine bureaucracy, professional bureaucracy, adhocracy, simple or entrepreneurial, and divisional forms.
Q: What are the four major types of organizational structures?
A: Functional, divisional, hybrid, and matrix structures.
Q: Define departmentalization.
A: Departmentalization is the grouping of activities into different units to improve efficiency and coordination.
Q: What are some common patterns of departmentalization?
A: By functions, products, territories, processes, customers, and time.
Q: What is delegation in management?
A: Delegation is the assignment of authority and responsibility to another person.
Q: How does decentralization differ from delegation?
A: Decentralization is the organization-wide distribution of authority, while delegation occurs between two individuals.
Q: What are line functions in an organization?
A: Functions that directly impact the achievement of organizational objectives, such as production.
Q: What are staff functions?
A: Functions that support line functions to help them achieve organizational goals, like HR and accounting.
Q: What is the span of management?
A: It refers to the number of subordinates a manager can effectively supervise, either as a wide or narrow span.
Q: What is the open systems approach in organizations?
A: A view that considers organizations as systems interacting with external environments, requiring flexibility.
Q: Name the theories of organization mentioned in the document.
A: Classical theory, neoclassical theory, and systems theory.
Q: What is a matrix structure?
A: A structure where employees have dual reporting relationships, typically by function and project.
Q: Define a hybrid structure.
A: A structure that combines elements of functional and divisional structures to balance efficiency and flexibility.
