ADMS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hierarchical Organization, Decision-Making, Organic Work

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 1000
• Professor: paulette burgher

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Flatter organizations: tall organizations have narrow span of control and flat organizations have wider span of control. Certainly, one of the most pervasive phenomena to hit the organizational landscape since 1980s has been downsizing, which often involves flattening the organizational hierarchy. Fluid organizations: the bureaucratic organization is obsessed with control and facilitates control largely through strict adherence to rule and standards for how work is done. Organizations have recognized that they no longer need to maintain a fixed supply of labour. If revenues are diminishing so too the labor pool can be diminished via downsizing and the pool can be increased when the revenues increase. Integrated organizations: newer organizational designs are less focused on the need for unity of command and clear lines of authority. It is unimportant to maintain distinct boundaries between levels in the hierarchy, between individuals and departments, and between organizational members and individual external to the organization.