GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Impermanence

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Deborah De Lange

Document Summary

Lecture 11 chapter 8: organizational structures and design. Organizing is the process of arranging people and other resources to work together to accomplish a goal. Organization structure is a system of tasks, reporting relationships, and communication linkages. Formal structures official structure of the organizations: basics of an organization structure include: division of work, supervisory relationships, communication channels, major subunits, levels of management. With a division of labour, decisions must be made regarding departmentalization how group work positions are linked together in a coordinated way. Functional structures group together people with similar skills who perform similar skills who perform similar tasks: 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: disadvantages of functional structures: Functional chimneys problem lack of communication, coordination, and. More flexibility, improved coordination, clear points of responsibility. Increase costs through the duplication of resources, create unhealthy rivalries.