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Chapter 11
ORGB-300 Drexel University
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Business
Undergraduate 4
03/17/2011

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Organizational structure
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Formally dictates how jobs and tasks are divided and coordinated between individuals and groups within an organization
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organizational chart
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a drawing that represents every job that represents every job in the organization and the formal reporting relationships between those jobs
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Work specialization
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The degree to which tasks in an organization are divided into separate jobs
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chain of command
Definition
Answers the question "who reports to whom" and signifies formal authority relationships
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Span of control
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Represents how many employees each manager in the organization has responsibility for
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Centralization
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Refers to where decisions are made in organization
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Formalization
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The degree to which rules and procedures are used to standardize behaviors and decisions in an organization
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Mechanistic Organization
Definition
Efficient rigid, predictable and standardized organizations that thrive in stable environments
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Organize organizations
Definition
Flexible adaptive outward-focused organizations that thrive in dynamic environments
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Organizational design
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The process of creating selecting or changing the structure of an organization
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Simple structures
Definition
An organizational form that features on person as the central decision making figure
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Bureaucratic structure
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An organizational form that exhibits many of the facets of a mechanistic organization
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Functional Structure
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An organizational form in which employees are grouped by the functions they serve
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Product structures
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An organizational form in which employees are grouped around different products that the company produces
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Geographic structures
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An organizational form in which employees are grouped around the different locations where the company does business
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Client structure
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An organizational form in which employees are organized around the customers they serve
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Matrix structures
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A complex form of organizational structure that combines a functional and multidimensional grouping
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Restructuring
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The process of changing an organization's structure
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