ADMS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hierarchical Organization, Flattening, Decision-Making

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 1000
• Professor: Len Karakowsky

Document Summary

Delayering: flattening organizational hierarchies so that they have a wider span of control; the elimination of hierarchical layers, often involves down sizing. Provide lower-level employees more decision making power: fluid. Cross functional teams: work groups that bring together members from various parts of the organization. Self-managing work teams: teams that are given the power to manage themselves and make decisions without the approval of formal management. Information sharing: workers sharing knowledge with other workers in the organization to help better meet the organization"s goals and needs. Information sharing is an important component of the team-based approach. Public/governmental organizations: which provide goods and services without necessarily generating a profit. Private/non governmental organizations: including voluntary organization, which offer goods and services without necessarily generating a profit. Private organization: which produce goods and services with the intent of making a profit for the benefit of their owners or shareholders.