MGTA01H3 Chapter 7: Chapter 7
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Organizational structure specification of the jobs to be done within a business and how those jobs relate to one another. Organization chart a physical depiction of the company"s structure showing employee titles and their relationship to one another. Chain of command reporting relationships within a business; the flow of decision making power in a firm. Departmentalization determining how people performing certain tasks can best be grouped together. Job specialization the process of identifying the specific jobs that need to be done and designating the people who will perform them. advantages perform more efficiently: easier to learn, easier to replace people who leave the organization. disadvantages too narrowly defined: people get bored, derives less satisfaction from their jobs, lose sight of how their contributions fit into the overall organization. Departmentalization the process of grouping jobs into logical units. Profit centre a separate company unit responsible for its own costs and profits www. notesolution. com.
