COMM 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Departmentalization

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMM 200
• Professor: Darren Mc Caugherty

Document Summary

The formal framework around which tasks are organized and responsibilities allocated within an organization. Managers need to realize that the design and development of a structure should not be through of as being static but rather requires ongoing monitoring to ensure it continues to meet the needs o f the organization. Firms that deal predominantly in project management such as construction and engineering firms use a matrix style organizational structure where there are a variety of departments that all work together. For example projects, engineering, marketing, production and r&d where there is a project manager and an employees from each department working on that project. Organizational structure can, and should, be thought of as almost a customization of the way an organization perceives it is best able to manage its business system. Culture: defines how the individuals within the organization behave and how the organization as a whole will react to both internal and external challenges.