MHR 522 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hierarchical Organization, Role Conflict, Departmentalization

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Human Resources
• Course: MHR 522
• Professor: Phillip Hunter

Document Summary

Organizational structure: division of labor and patterns of coordination, communication, workflow and formal power that direct organizational activities. Organizational design: process of constructing and adjusting an orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)"s structure to achieve its goals. Division of labor: division of labour refers to the subdivision of work into separate jobs assigned to different people. Coordinating work activities: when people divide work among themselves, they require coordinating mechanisms to ensure that everyone works in concert. Role of organizational structure (important structure: forms follows function > strategy determines structure how to facilitate the work in the organization. Organizational stru(cid:272)ture or design is all a(cid:271)out how (cid:271)est to fa(cid:272)ilitate the nature of the organization"s work and objectives. E x h ib it 13. 1 c oordinating mec hanis m s in o rg aniz ations. S haring information on mutual tas ks ; forming common mental models to s ynchroniz e work activities.