ADM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Scientific Management, Kpmg, Knowledge Sharing

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Administration
• Course: ADM 1300
• Professor: David Delcorde

Document Summary

About dividing out the work in a company. 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 formal arrangement of work positions within an organization. An organization chart identifies the following aspects of formal structure: the division of work. o. Supervisory relationships: communication channels, major subunits, levels of management. A shadow organization made up of the unofficial, but often critical, working relationships between organization members. Potential advantages of informal structures: helping people accomplish their work, overcoming limits of formal structure, gaining access to interpersonal networks. o. Potential disadvantages of informal structures: may work against best interests of entire organization.