BUSI 1800 Chapter Notes -Organizational Chart, Departmentalization

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Business
• Course: BUSI 1800
• Professor: Richard Clayman

Document Summary

The specification of the jobs to be done within a business and how those jobs are related to one another. Each organization must develop a structure that meets its specific needs. Strengths: early in the curve (proactive phase, determined and energetic, well educated, greta business resources and connections, well defined target market, well defined service offering portfolio, channel strategy. Weaknesses: liquidity challenge, no facilities, no employees, no messaging strategy, no govt backing of buy in, no overall operational strategy, no corporate or legal identity, no organizational structure. Process of grouping jobs into logical unites: increases efficiency through division of labour, allows for better control and ordination, top management can more easily monitor performance, profit centres are accountable. Organizational charts illustrate the company"s organizational structure: shows employees" positions and how they relate to each other, demonstrates the flow of decision making power. Can be done to departmentalize customers, focus orientation. Process departmentalization: procurement, contracts, logistics, etc.