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Departmentalization (the process of grouping jobs together so that similar or associated tasks and activities can be coordinated)
Management
Miscellaneous
Structure
Types of Teams
100
Departmentalization that is based on the primary functions performed within an organizational unit,
What is Functional Departmentalization
100
The levels of management within an organization; typically includes top, middle, and supervisory management
What is Managerial Hierarchy
100
The degree to which formal authority is concentrated in one area or level of an organization,
What is Centralization
100
An organizational structure with direct, clear lines of authority and communication flowing from the top managers downward
What is Line Organization
100
The groups that share resources and coordinate efforts to help members better perform their individual jobs
What is Work Groups
200
Departmentalization that is based on the goods or services produced or sold by the organizational unit
What is Product Departmentalization
200
The line of authority that extends from one level of an organization’s hierarchy to the next, from top to bottom, and makes clear who reports to whom
What is Chain of Command
200
The process of pushing decision-making authority down the organizational hierarchy
What is Decentralization
200
An organizational structure that includes both line and staff positions
What is Line-And-Staff Organization
200
Like a work group, but also requires the pooling of knowledge, skills, abilities, and resources to achieve a common goal
What is Work Teams
300
Departmentalization that is based on the production process used by the organizational unit
What is Process Departmentalization
300
Legitimate power, granted by the organization and acknowledged by employees, that allows an individual to request action and expect compliance
What is Authority
300
An organizational structure that is characterized by a relatively high degree of job specialization, rigid departmentalization, many layers of management, narrow spans of control, centralized decision making, and a long chain of command
What is Mechanistic Organization
300
All positions in the organization directly concerned with producing goods and services and directly connected from top to bottom
What is Line Positions
300
Usually members of the same department who meet regularly to suggest ways to improve operations and solve specific problems
What is Problem Solving Teams
400
Departmentalization that is based on the primary type of customer served by the organizational unit
What is Customer Departmentalization
400
The assignment of some degree of authority and responsibility to persons lower in the chain of command
What is Delegation of Authority
400
An organizational structure that is characterized by a relatively low degree of job specialization, loose departmentalization, few levels of management, wide spans of control, decentralized decision making, and a short chain of command,
What is Organic Organization
400
Positions in an organization held by individuals who provide the administrative and support services that line employees need to achieve the company’s goals
What is Staff Positions
400
Teams without formal supervision that plan, select alternatives, and evaluate their own performance
What is Self-Managed Work Teams
500
Departmentalization that is based on the geographic segmentation of the organizational units
What is Geographic Departmentalization
500
The number of employees a manager directly supervises
What is Span of Control
500
An organizational structure in which authority and responsibility are held by a group rather than an individual,
What is Committee Structure
500
An organizational structure that combines functional and product departmentalization by bringing together people from different functional areas of the organization to work on a special project
What is Matrix Structure
500
Members from the same organizational level, but from different functional areas
What is Cross- Functional Teams