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What are the primary responsibilities of managers in organizing activities? Organizing involves coordinating and allocating a firm’s resources to carry out its plans. It includes developing a structure for the people, positions, departments, and activities within the firm. This is accomplished by di...

What are the primary responsibilities of managers in organizing activities? Organizing involves coordinating and allocating a firm’s resources to carry out its plans. It includes developing a structure for the people, positions, departments, and activities within the firm. This is accomplished by dividing up tasks (division of labor), grouping jobs and employees (departmentalization), and assigning authority and responsibilities (delegation). Organizing > Learning Outcome 3 Organizing is the process of coordinating and allocating a firm’s resources to carry out its plans. Elements of organizational structure include the three levels of a managerial hierarchy: top management, middle management, and supervisory management. Top management is the highest level of managers, including the CEO, president, and vice-presidents, who develop strategic plans and address long-range issues. Middle management is the level of management in which managers design and carry out tactical plans in specific areas of the company. Supervisory management (first-line management) includes managers who design and carry out operational plans for the ongoing daily activities of the firm. What are the risks of a poorly designed organizational structure? An organization’s structure has a dramatic influence on the way decisions are made and communicated. The structure helps the company achieve its goals by providing a framework for managers to divide responsibilities and effectively distribute the authority to coordinate and control the organization’s work. A poorly designed structure can create enormous waste, confusion, and frustration for managers, employees, suppliers, and customers; including miscommunication and lack of strategy. Source: Ashe-Edmunds, Sam. “What Is the Impact of Poor Organizational Structure Relative to Growth?” Small Business - Chron.com, Chron.com, 21 Nov. 2017, smallbusiness.chron.com/impact-poor-organizational-structure-relative-growth-75327.html.