GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Work Unit, Strategic Management, Departmentalization

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Bamidele Adekunle

Document Summary

Organizing: arranges people and resources to work toward a goal. Organization structure: a system of tasks, reporting relationships, and communication linkages. Formal structure: the official structure of the organization. Division of work positions and titles show work responsibilities. Supervisory relationships lines show who reports to whom. Communication channels lines show formal communication flows. Major subunits positions reporting to a common manager are shown. Levels of management vertical layers of management are shown. Departmentalization: the process of grouping people and jobs into work units. Functional, divisional, and matrix structures: functional structure. People with similar skills and performing similar tasks are grouped together into formal work units. Members work in their functional areas of expertise. Work well for small organizations producing few products or services: functional structures have both advantages and disadvantages, advantages of functional structures. Economies of scale with efficient use of resources. Task assignments consistent with expertise and training. In-depth training and skill development within functions.