MHR 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hierarchical Organization, Departmentalization, Electronic Game
19 Feb 2017
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Organizational structure: the division of labour and patterns of coordination communication workflow and formal power that direct organizational activities. Coordinating work activities: require coordinating to ensure everyone works in concert with eachother- divide work among people only to the extent that those people will coordinate and work well with eachother. Informal communication: sharing information on mutual tasks forming common mental models so that employees work together and have common ideas/goals. Formal hierarchy: direct supervision, assigns legitimate power to manage others and is necessary in most firms chain of command. Standardization: creating routine patterns of behavior or output. Ifcompany a has a wider span of control then company a must have fewer layers of management ( flatter structure) Wider span of control means they have more employees per supervision, more supervisors for middle management. Build taller hierarchy for wider span of control. Problems with flatter structures: undermines managerial functions, increases workload and stress, and restricts management career development.
