Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Complex Differential Form, Flat Organization

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

Document Summary

Organizational structure: formally dictates how jobs and tasks are divided and coordinated between individuals and groups within the company. Organizational chart: a drawing that represents every job in the organization and the formal reporting relationships between those jobs: helps to understand and comprehend all the different types of jobs and their structure. Elements of organizational structures: work specialization, chain of command, span of control, centralization, formalization. Work specialization: the degree to which tasks in an organization are divided into separate jobs. Shows how many tasks an employee performs. Never ending trade-off with productivity, flexibility and worker motivation: e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple: highl(cid:455) spe(cid:272)ialized (cid:272)a(cid:374) u(cid:374)de(cid:396)(cid:373)i(cid:374)e e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)ee"s fle(cid:454)i(cid:271)ilit(cid:455, example: high levels of specialization are better in bigger firms then smaller ones. Benefit of specialization = easier to train employees in just one task, tend to get very good at it due to repetition, productivity is high. Bad pa(cid:396)ts to spe(cid:272)ializatio(cid:374) = do(cid:374)"t get auto(cid:374)o(cid:373)(cid:455) o(cid:396) f(cid:396)eedo(cid:373), (cid:449)e get (cid:271)o(cid:396)ed (cid:396)eall(cid:455) quickly.