MGT-281 Study Guide - Final Guide: Organizational Architecture, Functional Design, Departmentalization
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The workers who perform highly specialized jobs may become bored and dissatisfied: when boredom and monotony set in, the quality of work may suffer or decrease ii. What are its most common forms: departmentalization is the process of grouping jobs according to some logical arrangement. Advantages include bigger decisions concerning the entire corporation can be taken, uniform decisions made throughout organization instead of each location having differences, more control over organization ii. Disadvantages include decisions take longer to make: decentralization is the process of systematically delegating power and authority throughout the organization to middle- and lower- level managers i. Advantages include lower-level management to feel important to an organization, allows decisions to made by people who see the issue first hand ii. Disadvantages include decisions being made to help local business instead of the company as a whole, decisions can cost more and be more of a risk without the head of the corporation being involved.
