GMS 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Departmentalization, Informal Learning, Strategic Management
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The process of arranging people and other resources to work together to accomplish a goal. The structure has to match the strategy. The system of tasks, workflows, reporting relationships, and communication channels that link together the work of diverse individuals and groups. A diagram describing reporting relationships and the formal arrangement of work positions in an organization. A shadow organization made up of the unofficial, but often critical working relationships between organizational members. Social network analysis: people in an organization have to interact with different people from various departments. Groups people in an organization together based on their abilities. Specialization consistent with professional training- clear career paths. Functional chimneys problem- fiefdoms and turf battles: a person thinks they have power in an organization and want only their department to be perfect without caring about the rest of the organization. Too many decisions referred upward in the hierarchy. Located in the same area or geographical region.