GMS 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Strategic Management, Work Unit, Organizational Architecture

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Deborah De Lange

Document Summary

Is a system of tasks reporting relationships, and communication. It is the system of tasks, work ows, reporting relationships, and communication channels that link together the work of diverse individuals and groups. Organization chart, describes the arrangement of work positions with an organization. A typical organization chart identi es various positions and job titles, as well as the lines of authority and communication between them. Formal structure, is the of cial structure of the organization. By reading an organization chart you learn; division of work, supervisory relationships, communication channels, major subunits, levels of management. Informal structure, is the set of unof cial relationships among an organizations members. If drawn it would consist of who talks to and interacts regularly with whom. Social network analysis, identi es the informal structures and their embedded social relationships that are in an organization. Informal structures and social networks are in many ways essential to organizational success, especially during times of change.