GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Jack Welch, Political Boss, Departmentalization

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Sui Sui

Document Summary

Organizing: the process of arranging people and other resources. Look at an organization chart if you want to know how a company is structured, how they are organized, who worked for the company etc. Formal structure: the structure of the organization in its official state, organization chart, formal communication channels, type of work performed, division of work, levels of management. Departmentalization: the process of making decisions on how to group work positions into formal teams that are linked together so they operate in a coordinated manner within the larger organization. Informal structure: the way work actually gets done, relationships in the shadow organization, unofficial working relationships and communications patterns. Functional structures: people with similar skills and performing similar tasks are grouped together into formal work units. Division structures: group together people who work on the same product or process, serve similar customers, and/or located in the same area or geographical region.