GMS 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Informal Learning, Departmentalization, Impermanence

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

Document Summary

Organizing: the process of arranging people and other resources to work together to accomplish a goal: it involves creating a division of labour and then coordinating results to achieve a common purpose. Organization structure: a system of tasks, workflows, reporting relationships, and communication channels that link together diverse individuals and groups: structure should fit the environment. Introduction to global organizational structure: video youtube organizational structure user is fem production. Formal structures: the official structure of the organization. Organizational chart: describes the arrangement of work positions within an organization. An organization chart identifies the following aspects of formal structure: the division of work, supervisory relationships, communication channels, major subunits, levels of management. Informal structures: the set of unofficial relationships among an organization"s members. Potential advantages of informal structures: helping people accomplish their work, overcoming limits of formal structure, gaining access to interpersonal networks, informal learning.