Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Ambidexterity, Absenteeism, Motivation

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

Document Summary

The manner in which an organization divides its labour into specific tasks and achieves coordination among these tasks. How an organization"s individuals and groups are put together or organized to accomplish work. Labour must be divided because individuals cannot do everything (physical and cognitive limits) Apportioning authority for planning and decision making- who gets to tell who what to do. Organizations differ greatly in vertical division: autonomy and control. The domain of decision making and authority is reduced as number of levels in hierarchy increase: communication. As labour is progressively divided vertically, timely communication and coordination can become harder to achieve. As number of levels in hierarchy increase, filtering is more likely to occur. Horizontal division of labour can achieve its goals. Grouping basic tasks into jobs and departments so organization. Required workflow is the main basis for this division: job design. Horizontal division of labour strongly affects job design. It has profound implications for the degree necessary.