Business Administration 1220E Chapter 1: OB Notes

• School: Western University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: Business Administration 1220E
• Professor: Raza Khan

Document Summary

Management skills include managing not only subordinates but supervisors and peers. Ability to understand people is more critical than good interpersonal skills. Purpose of organizational structure: to divide the work into various distinct tasks and, to coordinate these tasks to accomplish the overall objective of the organization. Provides organization with efficiency through division of labour and aligns goals into specific areas. Integration: makes organization effective by joining the subunits into a whole. The greater the differentiation/independence = the greater the need for integration. As the need for interaction, coordination, and information flow increases the integration process will become more resource intensive. Lower levels require only rules and regulations; higher levels require supervisors that oversee coordination of the groups. Each is designed to deal with different challenges (ex. Resources are used efficiently (no duplication of equipment/effort) Professional development is promoted (can learn from other group members) Comfortable setting for socialization and evaluation (ease of interactions)