GMS 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Strategic Management, Departmentalization

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Deborah De Lange

Document Summary

Organizing arranges people & resources to work towards a goal. Organization structure is a system of tasks, reporting relationships, and communication channels that link together the work of a diverse group of individuals and groups--structure should fit the environment. Organization chart describes the arrangement of work positions within an organization. Formal structure: is the official structure of the organization. Division of work: positions & titles show work responsibilities. Supervisory relationships: lines show who reports to whom. Major subunits: positions reporting to a common manager are shown. Levels of management: vertical layers of management are shown. Informal structures: set of unofficial, yet critical, relationships among an organization"s members. Social network analysis identifies the informal structures & their embedded social relationships that are active in an organization (sources of emotional support and friendships: who people talk to regularly, ask for help etc. ) Essential because they both help fill the void present during times when the formal structure is being changed/modified.