Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Work Specification
this refers to the degree to which tasks in the
organization are subdivided into separate jobs.
Departmentation
this is a basic of organizational structure that
refers to the grouping of jobs under the authority of a
single manager, according to some common, rational
basis, for the purpose of planning, coordination, and
control.
3. Time
4. Product
5. Customer
6. Location
Pattern of Authority
As an element in designing organization structure
refers of the extent by which organization member are
allowed to make decisions without getting the approval of
another member.
Authority Patterns- may either be centralized when
decision making is concentration in the hands of higherlevel manager.
No single patter of authority is appropriate for all
organizations because environment of organization differ.
Span of Control
Another consideration in designing the
organization structure is span of control. The element
refers to the number of subordinates reporting to a
single supervisor.
Coordination
another basis element considered in
designing the organizational structure is
coordination. This term refers to the linking
of activities in the organization that serve to
achieve a common goal or objective.
COMMON ORGANIZATION DESIGNS
1. the simple structure
2. the bureaucracy
3. the matrix structure
Outsourcing Organization
The Outsourcing Organization, also know as virtual
organization, is an arrangement by which the organization
have work performed for it by group outside the
organization. Instead of doing all work necessary for
producing a product or service, the organization enters into
an agreement with another organization to perform some
specific activities.
Team Structure
Makes use of teams as the central device to
coordinate work activities.