Organizational Elements
What are the 4 element of organizations?
Span of control, Centralization/Decentralization, Formalization, Departmentalization
What does division of labor result in?
What is job specification?
A system in which instructions are passed from one to another
What is chain of command?
What are the three factors of organizational strategy?
External environment, company size, technology
Company structure where employees are split based on specific client type, product, geographic region, market?
What is divisional structure?
This helps create shared goals, clear roles, coordination, and informal communication.
Departmentalization
Name the 3 coordinating mechanisms.
informal, formal hierarchy, standardization
An organization that has low formalization and not a lot of departmentalization
What is simple structure?
How many parks does Disney have?
12
Power is usually centralized at the top of the organization by a few people, which create slower environment and less innovation
What is functional structure?
In this type of structure, authority is held by one or a few people and power is usually concentrated at the top.
Centralization
What are the benefits of a matrix structure
Open ended question..
How much an employer can control a number of employees
Span of Control
What are the 2 factors of technology contingencies?
Task variability and Task Analyzability
Highly collaborative environment, and uses a cross functional team to solve problems
What is team based structure?
What are 2 drawbacks of formalization?
Hinders creativity, less flexibility
What are the limitations of a matrix structure?
Open ended question..
Organizational structures with two categories with different levels of control
tall and flat
What is a complex environment?
Many factors affect decisions, making them more difficult.
Essential for the success of team based structure, where team members feel power to contribute, equality, share ideas, and make decisions
Team Autonomy