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Management function that involves arranging and structuring work to accomplish the organization’s goals

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organizing

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The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization

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organizational structure

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The visual representation of an organization’s structure

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organizational chart

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Creating or changing an organization’s structure

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organizational design

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Dividing work activities into separate job tasks

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work specialization

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The basis by which jobs are grouped together

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departmentalization

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A work team composed of individuals from various functional specialties

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cross-functional team

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The line of authority extending from upper organizational levels to the lowest levels, which clarifies who reports to whom

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chain of command

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The rights inherent in a managerial position to tell people what to do and to expect them to do it

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authority

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Authority that entitles a manager to direct the work of an employee

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line authority

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Positions with some authority that have been created to support, assist, and advise those holding line authority

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staff authority

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The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties

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responsibility

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The management principle that each person should report to only one manager

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unity of command

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The number of employees a manager can efficiently and effectively manage

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span of control

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The degree to which decision making is concentrated at upper levels of the organization

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centralization

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The degree to which lower-level employees provide input or actually make decisions

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decentralization

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Giving employees more authority (power) to make decisions

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employee empowerment

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How standardized an organization’s jobs are and the extent to which employee behavior is guided by rules and procedures

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formalization

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An organizational design that’s rigid and tightly controlled

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mechanistic organization

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An organizational design that’s highly adaptive and flexible

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organic organization

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The production of items in units or small batches

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unit production

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The production of items in large batches

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mass production

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The production of items in continuous processes

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process production

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An organizational design with little departmentalization, wide spans of control, centralized authority, and little formalization

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simple structure

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An organizational design that groups together similar or related occupational specialties

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functional structure

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An organizational structure made up of separate, semiautonomous units of divisions

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divisional structure

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An organizational structure in which the entire organization is made up of work teams

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team structure

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An organizational structure that assigns specialists from different functional departments to work on one or more projects

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matrix structure

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An organizational structure in which employees continuously work on projects

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project structure

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An organization whose design is not defined by, or limited to, the horizontal, vertical, or external boundaries imposed by a predefined structure

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boundaryless structure

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An organization that consists of a small core of full-time employees and outside specialists temporarily hired as needed to work on projects

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virtual organization

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A temporary committee or team formed to tackle a specific short-term problem affecting several departments

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task force (ad hoc committee)

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Opening up the search for new ideas beyond the organization’s boundaries and allowing innovations to easily transfer inward and outward

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open innovation

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A work arrangement in which employees work at home and are linked to the workplace by computer

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telecommuting

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A workweek where employees work longer hours per day but fewer days per week

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compressed workweek

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A scheduling system in which employees are required to work a specific number of hours a week but are free to vary those hours within certain limits

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flextime (flexible work hours)

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The practice of having two or more people split a full-time job

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job sharing

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Temporary, freelance, or contract workers whose employment is contingent on demand for their services

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contingent workers