GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Departmentalization, Cross-Functional Team, Strategic Management

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Horatio Morgan

Document Summary

The process of arranging people and other resources to work together to accomplish a goal. It involves dividing up the work to be done and coordinating results to achieve a common purpose. If you are an owner/manager of a company that has: the most talented people, lots of money, the most ideal location the latest technology. You may still not be an industry leader or operate profitability if you lack exceptional organizational skills. A shadow organization made up of the unofficial, but often critical working relationships between organizational members. Social network analysis: identifies the informal structures and their embedded social relationships that are active in an organization. Members of functional departments share technical expertise, interests and responsibilities. Members of each function work within their respective areas of expertise. When each function does its jobs properly. Departmentalization: is the process of grouping people and jobs into work units. Groups together people with similar skills who perform similar tasks.