ADM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Departmentalization, Organizational Structure
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Organizing: arra(cid:290)gi(cid:290)g a(cid:290)d structuri(cid:290)g (cid:363)ork to acco(cid:289)plish a(cid:290) orga(cid:290)izatio(cid:290)"s goals. Organizational structure: how jobs tasks are formally divided, grouped, and coordinated. Organizational design is divided into 6 key elements. Work specialization: dividing work based on skills. Chain of command: hierarchy level of control. Centralization: the degree the lower level workers have in decision making. Assign work and responsibilities with their individual jobs. Make relationships among people, groups, and department in the org. Ways to which activities are divided into separate jobs. The basis on which jobs are grouped together. Wal(cid:289)art di(cid:362)ides its (cid:363)orkers" acti(cid:362)ities based o(cid:290) skills. Chain of command: a continuous line of authority from the highest to lowest level in the org. Authority: rights given to a manager to tell workers what to do. Acceptance theory of authority: understanding the order of authority. Line authority: a manager entitled to direct work of employees.