BUAD309 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Job Satisfaction

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUAD309
• Professor: Levandusky, Natalie

Document Summary

Organizational design: the process of selecting and managing aspects of organizational structure and culture to enable the organization to achieve its goals. Organizational structure: the system of task, reporting, and authority relationships within which an organization does its work. Organization chart: describes the structure of an organization, chain of command, and reporting structure. Pre bureaucratic structure: smaller organizations with low standardization, total centralization, and mostly one on one communication, common in new or young organizations. Bureaucratic structure: an organizational structure with formal division of labor, hierarchy, and standardization of work procedures, common in companies that have grown and are more established. Functional structure: groups people with the same skills, or who use similar tools or work processes, together into departments. Divisional structure: a division is a collection of functions organized around a particular geographic area, product or service, or market. Common among organizations with many products or services, geographic areas, and customers.