Chapter 8 Study Guide Flashcards
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The organization is composed of many different units that work on different kinds of tasks, using different skills and work methods.
Differentiation
These differentiated units are put back together so that work is coordinated into an overall product.
Integration
The assignment of a task that an employee is supposed to carry out.
Responsibility
To fulfill the responsibility, the employee has the power and right to make decisions, give orders, draw on resources, etc.
Authority
The expectation that employees will perform a job, take corrective action when necessary, and report upward on the status and quality of their performance.
Accountability
The number of subordinates who report directly to an executive or supervisor.
Span of Control
A narrow span of control with many reporting levels.
Tall Organization
A wide span of control with fewer reporting levels.
Flat Organization
An organization in which high-level executives make most decisions and pass them down to lower levels for implementation.
Centrilization
An organization in which lower-level managers make important decisions.
Decentralization
Subdividing an organization into smaller subunits.
Departmentalization
Departmentalization around specialized activities such as production, marketing, and human resources.
Functional Organization
Departmentalization that groups units around products, customers, or geographic regions.
Divisional Organization
Units that deal directly with the organization’s primary goods and services.
Line Departments
Units that support line departments by providing specialized or professional skills.
Staff Departments
An organization composed of dual reporting relationships in which some managers report to two superiors—a functional manager and a divisional manager.
Matrix Organization
A collection of independent, mostly single-function firms that collaborate on a good or service.
Network Organization
A very flexible version of the network organization - also called the modular or virtual corporation.
Dynamic Network
The procedures that link the various parts of an organization for the purpose of achieving the organization’s overall mission.
Integration/Coordination Methods
