MGMT 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Railways Act 1921, Departmentalization, Organizational Structure

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: Management
• Course: MGMT 1000
• Professor: David Stuewe

Document Summary

Describe the 6 key elements of organizational design. Discuss the contingency factors that favour either the mechanistic model or the organic model of organizational design. Looking to achieve designs that are efficient yet also flexible. Organizing: arranging and structuring work to accomplish an organizations goals. Organizational structure: how job tasks are formally divided, grouped and coordinated within an organization. Organizational chart: the visual representation of an organizations structure. Organizational design: the process of developing or changing an organizations structure. Work specialization: the degree to which activities in an organization are subdivided into separate job tasks; also known as division of labour are subdivided into separate job tasks; also known as division of labour. Traditionally, was used as a way to divide work activities into separate jobs. At some point the human diseconomies from division of labour exceed the economic advantages. Managers see it is an important organizing mechanism not as a source of ever-increasing productivity.