ADMS 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Hierarchical Organization, Decision-Making, North American Free Trade Agreement

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 1000
• Professor: Peter Tsasis

Document Summary

High formalization of work procedures (rules, and regulation, standardization) Low formalization of work procedures (rules and regulations, standardization) Organic: wide division of labour: organization provides jobs enrichment which allow employees work with more challenging and meaningful work, i. e. , increasing variety of work they perform and freedom in performing the work. Cross-functional team and self-managing work teams the work teams are given the power to manage themselves and make decisions without the approval of formal management. In-class case land"s end: flattering the hierarchy i. e. , reduced the number of levels of administration, team-based work means that they also don"t need to be governed by many levels of authority above them. 1: reduced time it take products to market/consumers, low formalization of work procedures: in order to adapt to the changing external environment (competitors, consumers, technological changes etc. ), the workers are less restricted with fewer rules and regulations; standardization of jobs have been cutting down to be more creative and innovation.