MANGMT 3000 1st Edition Lecture 11 Outline of Last Lecture I Organizational culture Outline of Current Lecture I Organizational culture Current Lecture Common elements of an org 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Common purpose Coordinated effort Division of labor Hierarchy of authority Span of control Authority responsibility and delegation Centralization vs decentralization of authority Simple structure authority is centralized in a single person with few rules and low work specialization Functional structure people with similar occupational specialties are put together in formal groups Divisional structure people with diverse occupational specialties are put together in formal groups by similar products customers or geographic regions Matrix structure org combines functional and divisional chains of command in a grid so that there are two command structures vertical and horizontal Horizontal design teams or workgroups either temporary or permanent are used to improve collaboration and work on shared tasks by breaking down internal boundaries Hollow structure org has a central core of key functions and outsources other functions to vendors who can do them cheaper or faster Modular structure firm assembles product chunks or modules provided by outside contractors These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Differentiation tendency of the parts of an org to disperse and fragment Integration tendency of the parts of an org to draw together to achieve a common purpose Stages in the life of an org 1 Birth stage 2 Youth stage 3 Midlife stage 4 Maturity stage
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