GMS 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Departmentalization, The Upsidedown

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Jian Guan

Document Summary

Chapter 10 organizing as a management function: organizing arranges people and resources to work toward a goal. Any structure should both allocate tasks through a division of labour and provide for the coordination of performance results. A structure that does both of these things well is an important asset, helping to implement an organization"s strategy. Formal structure: an organization chart describes the arrangement of work positions within an organization. A typical organization chart identifies various positions and job titles as well as the lines of authority and communication between them: a formal structure is the official structure of the organization. I t represents the way the organization is intended to function. Informal structure is the set of unofficial relationships among an organization"s members. If the informal structure could be drawn, it would show who talks to and interacts regularly with whom regardless of their formal titles and relationships. Informal structures can be very helpful in getting work accomplished.