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Managers are reevaluating traditional approaches to find new structural designs that best support and facilitate employees’ doing the organization’s work—designs that can achieve efficiency but are also flexible.
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Organizing is defined as arranging and structuring work to accomplish organizational goals. It is an important process during which managers design an organization’s structure. Organizational structure is the formal arrangement of jobs within an organization. This structure, which can be shown visually in an organizational chart, also serves many purposes. (See Table 6.1.) When managers create or change the structure, they are engaged in organizational design, a process that involves decisions about six key elements: work specialization, departmentalization, chain of command, span of control,
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Organizing is defined as arranging and structuring work to accomplish organizational goals. It is an important process during which managers design an organization’s structure.
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Study Notes
Organizing and Organizational Structure
- Organizing is the process of arranging and structuring work to accomplish organizational goals.
- It involves designing an organization's structure, which is the formal arrangement of jobs within an organization.
- Organizational structure can be visually represented in an organizational chart.
Purposes of Organizational Structure
- It serves several purposes, including:
- Defining roles and responsibilities
- Coordinating work
- Allocating resources
- Facilitating communication
- Providing a framework for decision-making
Organizational Design
- Organizational design involves making decisions about six key elements:
- Work specialization
- Departmentalization
- Chain of command
- Span of control
- [] (missing element)
- Managers create or change the structure through organizational design, which enables them to achieve efficiency and flexibility.
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Test your knowledge of organizational structure and design with this quiz on Chapter 6. Explore the evolving approaches to organizing, and understand the importance of flexible structures that support employee productivity.
