ADMS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hierarchical Organization, Organizational Architecture, Flat Organization

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Chapter 4: establishing the structure of a business (business structure) Identifying four broad trends in the changing nature of organization design: A consistent pattern in the corporate architecture has been the delayering (flattening organizational hierarchies so that they have a wider span of control; the elimination of hierarchical layers, often involving downsizing) of organizational hierarchies. Aim to create more integration (alliance) among distinct units. (greater focus on teams rather than individual units) Cross-functional teams: work groups that bring together members from various parts of the organization. Self-managing work teams: manage themselves and make decisions without the approval of formal management. Information sharing: workers sharing knowledge with other workers in the organization. (sharing with lower levels is an important component of the team-based approach) Globalization has brought an increase in competition and greater access to more markets. What is an organization: social entities: they are entities that have been generated and are maintained by people.

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