GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Strategic Management, Impermanence, Informal Learning

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Murray Davidson

Document Summary

Book recommendation: b. horowitz 2014 hard thing about hard things, sutton & rad 2014, scaling up. Organizing: the process of arranging people and other resources to work together to accomplish a goal. Organization structure: the system of tasks, workflows, reporting relationships and communication channels that link together diverse individuals and groups. The structure of the organization in its official state. An organization chart is a diagram describing reporting relationships and the I(cid:374)for(cid:373)al stru(cid:272)tures: a (cid:862)shado(cid:449)(cid:863) organization made up of the unofficial, but often critical, working relationships between organization members. May work against best interests of entire organization. Diversion of work efforts from important objectives. 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. **inclass example: silo, its always going from top to bottom like a cylinder (communication is produced) vertical communication structure.