MGTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Project Management, Debbi Fields, Departmentalization

• School: UTSC
• Department: Management (MGT)
• Course: MGTA01H3
• Professor: Zachariah Campbell

Document Summary

All businesses have common structural & operating components, each with a specific purpose. Each has to fill own purpose & fit in w/ others. Organizational structure: the specification of the jobs to be done within a business & how those jobs relate to one another. Organization charts: a physical depiction of the company"s structure showing employee titles & their relationship to one another; solid lines are chain of command, each box represents a job within the company. Chain of command: reporting relationships within a business; the flow of decision making power in a firm; not clear & can cause many problems. 1st step in developing structure of any business = building blocks: specialization: determining who will do what, departmentalization: determining how people performing certain tasks can be best grouped together. Job specialization: the process of identifying the specific jobs that need to be done & designating the people who will do & perform them.