ADMS 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Flat Organization, Hierarchical Organization, Keiretsu

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 1000
• Professor: Len Karakowsky

Document Summary

If there are consistent changes to the corporates architecture, it is the delayering of organizational hierarchy. Tall organizations have narrow spans of control and flat organizations have wider spans of control. Flattening hierarchy accomplishes things such as increasing speed of decision making. Doesn"t have to go through so much levels of bureaucracy. More responsibility and self-management is going to come from lower levels, employees who are closest to serving customers and making the product are more involved in decision making. Bureaucratic organizations are obsessed with control through adherence to the rules. Being able to adapt to the change is critical but the rules impedes on the ability to adapt quickly. Fluidity and flexibility has reflected on the notion of just in the inventory. Ability to generate inventory as needed manufacturer/supply relations, consequently minimizing cost. Can also be applied to work relation (just in time labour pool) If revenues are going down, the labour pool can also be diminished.