MGHB02H3 Chapter 14: Chapter 14 - Organizational Structure
11 Dec 2011
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Refers to how an organization"s individuals and groups are put together or organized to. Org. structure intervenes between goals and organizational accomplishments and influences org. effectiveness, affects how effectively and efficiently group effort is coordinated. To achieve goals, org. has to do two basic things: divide labour among its members and then coordinate what has been divided. Organizational structure the manner in which an organization divides its labour into specific tasks and achieves coordination among these tasks. Concerned primarily with apportioning authority for planning and decision making. Usually signalled by titles such as president, manager and supervisor. Separate departments units or functions within an org. will often vary in extent to which they vertically divide labour. Two issues or themes underlie vertical division of labour: Autonomy and control domain of decision making and authority is reduced as the number of levels in the hierarchy increase. Flatter hierarchy pushes authority lower and involves people further down in decisions".
