GMS 200 Lecture 12: GMS Lecture 12.docx

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Franklin Gorospe

Document Summary

Gms lecture 12, chap 8 organization structure and design. Is best with only one or a few products. Weaknesses slow response time to environment changes. A central core that is linked through networks of relationships with outside contractors and suppliers of essential services. Boundaryless organization an organization designed to respond rapidly to changes. Bureaucracy a form of organization based on logic, order and the legitimate use of formal authority. Chain of command the order in which authority is delegated from management to employees. Unity of command no employee in an organization should. Span of control-# of subordinates that a manager or supervisor can directly control. Decentralization making decisions at all levels of the organization.