Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Centralisation, Job Satisfaction, Job Performance
14 Dec 2018
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Organisational structure -formally dictates how jobs and tasks are divided and coordinated between individuals between individuals and groups within an organisation. Who can communicate and cooperate with each other in an organisation: organisational chart drawing that represents every job in the organisation and the formal reporting relationships between jobs. Elements of organisational structure: work specialisation the degree to which tasks in an organisation are divided into separate jobs, also known as division of labour. There is a trade-off between productivity and motivation. The most specialised task is doing the same task repeatedly, the entire day. There is a productivity advantage to this and requires low training, however it limits flexibility. If you are doing very specialised work, you lack variety and probably have lower motivation and job satisfaction. A generalist is the opposite of this: chain of command who reports to whom in the organisation. It also helps to maintain order, control, and predictable performance.
