ENTI 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Hierarchical Organization, Departmentalization, Organizational Chart

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Course: ENTI 201
• Professor: Norman Althouse

Document Summary

Organizing (structuring) process is accomplished by: determining work activities and dividing up tasks (division of labour), grouping jobs and employees (departmentalization), and, assigning authority and responsibilities (delegation). Formal organization: the order and design of relationships within the rm; consists of two or more people working together with a common objective and clarity of purpose. Well-de ned lines of authority, channels for information ow, and means of control. Human, material, nancial, and information resources are deliberately connected to form the business organization. Division of labour: the process of dividing work into separate jobs and assigning tasks to workers. Specialization the degree to which tasks are subdivided into smaller jobs. Departmentalization: the process of grouping jobs together so that similar or associated tasks and activities can be coordinated. Functional departmentalization, which is based on the primary functions performed within an organizational unit (marketing, nance, production, sales, and so on).