Cp6 Flashcards
(43 cards)
Clarify structure to show employees where they fit into a firms into a firms operations
Shows who reports to who and where they belong
Organizational charts
Specification of the jobs to be done within an organization and the ways in which those jobs relate to one another
each box represents a position
Organizational structure
The division of work: identifies specific jobs to be done and designed by people who will perform them
Specialization
When a small business grows so does the need to
Specialize
Advantage of specialization
Workers develop expertise in job
Grouping jobs into logical units
Departmentalization
Grouping accountants (accountant of design, law etc) and putting them together under one boss is example of
Departmentalization
How can we divide up parts of a company?
By dividing by function (marketing, production) dividing by geography (US, Europe)
And dividing by product( home decor, design)
Assigning tasks
Delegation
Companies that keep the power at the top
Centralization
The head of the operational department of McDonalds makes the operations this is exp of
Centralization
Decision making comes from the heads of the departments
Centralization
Lower-level managers make decisions the manager of a certain division
Decentralization
Common in centralized organizations
LOTS of layers of management (when a lot of people report to other people)
SLOWER communication
Narrow spans of control
Tall Organizational Structure
Common in decentralize organizations
Fewer layers of management
RAPID communication
Managers span of control is wide
Flat Organizational Structure
Why isn’t the CEO not making all the decisions in a Flat Organization?
Because that would be to much people to make decisions for
The process be which the manager assigns or gives tasks
Delegation
Delegation Enatails
Responsibility
Granting of authority
Creation of accountability
The duty to perform an assigned task
Responsibility
The power to make decisions necessary to complete the task
Granting of authority
The obligation of employees to successfully complete the tasks (insuring the job is done)
Creation of accountability
Why managers won’t delegate?
The managers think employees are dumb
Manager is a control freak and wants to do things themselves and don’t want anyone else to do it
The lack of ability to explain
The fear that if they show them new tasks they might do it better
Directly involved in what the business does
Operational authority that flows up and down the chain of command
Line Authority
A lawyer who works in a law firm is exp of
Line Authority