RECR 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Organizational Chart, Departmentalization, Informal Sector

• School: Chico State University
• Department: Recreation and Parks Management
• Course: RECR 301
• Professor: Ed Seagle

Document Summary

Ch 8: supervisory organizing @ the departmental level. Organizing as an essential managerial function: organization: group structured by mgmnt to carry out designated functions/accomp. certain obj. Req. manager to be concerned w/building, devel. , maintaining working relationships that will help achieve org. obj. Organizations are people: emp. need top-priority attn. by managers/supervisors. Informal organization: informal organization: informal gatherings of ppl, apart from formal org. structure, satis. members" social/oth. needs. The informal organization & the supervisor: can affect formal org, benefits: Influ. emp. to strive for high work performance targets. Supervising & informal work group leaders: devel. their own ldrshp. Chosen/assume ldrshp as spokesperson: can help supervisor if approached properly. Consid. them emp. who are in the know /try to work w/them. Unity of command authority relationships: unity-of-command principle: principle that holds that ea. emp. should directly report to only 1 supervisor. The span-of-management principle: dptmnts expensive b/c staffed by supervisors/emp.