HROB 2100 Chapter Notes -Agreeableness, Vise, Inductive Reasoning
1 Dec 2012
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Organization consists of one or more employees who perform various tasks. Relationship between people & tasks must be structured so that the organization achieves its strategic goals in efficient and effective manner through a motivated and engaged workforce. Organizational structure- formal relationships among jobs in an organization. Organization chart- snapshot of firm, depicting organizations structure at a particular point in time. Designing organization involves choosing structure that"s appropriate, given company"s strategic goals. Three common types of organizational structure: bureaucratic, flat, matrix. Job design- process of systematically organizing work into tasks that are required to perform specific job. Organizations strategy and structure influence ways which jobs are designed. Job- group of related activities and duties, held by a single employee or a number of incumbents. Ideally, job should be clear and distinct from those of other jobs and should involve natural units of work that are similar and related.
