BUS 2090 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Business Process, Human Relations Movement, Ambidexterity

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Business
• Course: BUS 2090
• Professor: Hassan Wafai

Document Summary

Broadly, organizational structure refers to how individuals and groups are put together and organized to accomplish work. Org structure intervenes between goals and organizational accomplishments and thus influences organizational effectiveness. Structure affects how effectively and efficiently group effort is coordinated. To achieve goals, an org. must divide labour among its members and then coordinate what has been divided. Organizational structure: the manner in which an org. divides its labour into specific tasks and achieves coordination among these tasks. Labour must be divided b/c everyone cant do everything. Usually signified by titles such as president, manager or supervisor. Separate units, departments, or functions within an org. will also often vary in the extent to which they vertically divide labour. A production unit might have several levels of management, ranging from supervisor to general manager. Holding other factors constant, the domain of decision making & authority is reduced as the # of levels in the hierarchy increases.