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CH10 managing organizational structure and culture
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Undergraduate 2
03/30/2010

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organizational architecture
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the organizational structure, control systems, culture, and human resources management systems that together determine how efficiently and effectively organizational resources are used
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organizational structure
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a formal system of task and reporting relationships that coordinates and motivates organizational members so that they work together to achive organizational goals
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organizational design
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the process by which managers make specific organizaing choices that result in a particular kind of organizational structure
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job design
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the process by which managers decide how to divide tasks into specific jobs
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job simplification
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the process of reducing the number of tasks that each worker performs
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job enlargement
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increasing the number of different tasks in a given job by changing the dividion of labor
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job enrichment
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increasing the degree of responsibility a worker has over his or her job
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functional structure
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an organizational structure composed of all the departments that an organization requires to produce its goods or services
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divisional structure
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an organizational structure composed of separate business units within which are the functions that work together to produce a specific product for a specific customer
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product structure
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an organizational structure in which each product line or business is handled by a self contained division
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geographic structure
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an organiational structure in which each region of a country or area of the world is served by a self-contained division
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market structure
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an organizational structure in which each kind of customer is served by a self-contained division; also called customer structure
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matrix structure
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an organizational structure that simultaneously groups people and resources by function and by product
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product team structure
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an organizational structure in which employees are permanently assigned to a cross-functional team and report only to the product team manager or to one of his r her direct subordinates
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cross-functional team
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a group of managers brought together from different departments to perfom organizational tasks
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hybrid structure
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the structure of a large organzation that has many divisions and simultaneously uses many different organizational structures
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authority
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the power to hold people accountable for their actions and to make decisions concerning the use of organizational resources
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hierarchy of authority
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an organization's chain of command, specifying the relative authority of each manager
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span of control
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the nmber of subordinates who report directly to a manager
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line manager
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someone in the direct line or chain of command who has formal authority over people and resources at lower levels
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staff manager
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someone responsible for managing a specialist function, such as finance or marketing
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decentralizing authority
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giving lower-level managers and nonmanagerial employees the right to make important decisions about how to use organizational resources
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integrating mechanisms
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organizing tools hat managgers can use to increase communication and coordination among functions and divisions
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task force
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a committee o managers from barious functions or divisions who meet to solve a specific, utual problem; also called ad hoc committee
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organizational ethics
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the moral values,believs, and rules that establish the appropriate way for an organization and its members to deal with each other and with people outside the organization
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