Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Jargon, Organizational Culture, Job Satisfaction

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: Barry Hawn

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Organization structure: formally dictates how jobs and tasks are divided and coordinated between individuals and groups within an organization. Organizational chart: drawing that represents every job in the organization and the formal reporting relationships between those jobs. Work specialization: the degree to which tasks in an organization are divided into separate jobs. Training is simplified and productivity tend to be high. No skilled variety, identity and autonomy employee not motivated/satisfied. Chain of command: who reports to whom in the organization. Helps maintain order, control, and predictable performance. Span of control: how many employees each manager in the organization has responsibility for. Affect(cid:28678) (cid:28667)(cid:28674)(cid:28682) (cid:28705)(cid:28679)(cid:28660)(cid:28671)(cid:28671)(cid:28706) (cid:28674)(cid:28677) (cid:28705)(cid:28665)(cid:28671)(cid:28660)(cid:28679)(cid:28706) (cid:28679)he organizational chart becomes. Tall charts have more levels of management. Can be narrow or wide i. e. manager is responsible for 20 employees wide span. Narrow: manager can mentor them easily, but micro-managing can result in resentful. Wide: difficult to oversee employees to a great extent.