BU354 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Fide, Reasonable Accommodation, Job Design
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Organizational structure refers to the formal relationships among jobs in an organization. An organization chart depicts the organization"s structure in chart form at a particular point in time; it shows the chain of command and who is accountable to whom: bureaucratic structure. Many levels, and hierarchical communication channels and career paths. Highly specialized jobs with narrowly defined job descriptions. Focus on independent performance: flat structure. Broadly defined jobs, with general job descriptions. Emphasis on teams and on product development: matrix structure. Each job has two components: functional and product. Finance personnel for product b are responsible to both the finance executive and the product b executive. Job design is the process of systematically organizing work into tasks that are required to perform a specific job. A job is a group of related activities and duties, held by an employee. The collection of tasks and responsibilities performed by one person is known as a position.
