GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Organizational Chart, Hierarchical Organization, Business Analyst

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

Document Summary

Suppose you receive a business analyst job offer for the summer company a & b. 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: You still may not be an industry leader, or operate profitably if you lack exceptional organizational skills. Organization structure refers to the system of ____ that link together the work of diverse individuals and groups: tasks and workflows, reporting relationships, communication channels, all of the above, none of the above. A (cid:862)shado(cid:449)(cid:863) orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374) (cid:373)ade up of the u(cid:374)offi(cid:272)ial, (cid:271)ut ofte(cid:374) (cid:272)riti(cid:272)al, (cid:449)orki(cid:374)g relatio(cid:374)ships (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) organizational members. Informal structures overcome gaps in formal structures: an informal structure can breed resistance to change, informal structures satisfy social needs. Informal structures always serve the best interests of the organization.