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09/12/2024, 14:11 OneNote Chapter six Saturday 7 December 2024 5:21 p.m. Content revised for exam as per the revision lecture. - look at slide pre revision P189&190 O...

09/12/2024, 14:11 OneNote Chapter six Saturday 7 December 2024 5:21 p.m. Content revised for exam as per the revision lecture. - look at slide pre revision P189&190 Organising process 📌 Organising; process of divining the tasks between individuals, groups or units and Co-ordinating their activities to achieve organisational goals Establishes the task, reporting and authority relationships system in an organisation 📌 Structural configuration; size and shape of structure ○ Division of labour - wide division vs narrow division ○ Spans of control - no. of employees reporting to a manager (wide/narrow) ○ Hierarchical levels - no. of levels and extent of hierarchy - reporting relationships ○ Departmentalisation Functional departmentalisation Product departmentalisation Geographical departmentalisation Mixed departmentalisation 📌 Structural operation; process of the structure. ○ Formalisation Network of rules Can be high(many rules)= designed to ensure standardisation and high quality or low(few rules) ○ Decision making centralised - decision making policy where authority resides at the top of the organisation Decentralised- decisions are taken at all levels of the organisation ○ Responsibility Typically operates in the principle of delegation Passing on responsibility ○ Authority Power that’s been legitimised within a certain social context Legitimate power -position in hierarchy Expert power - authority associated with knowledge The Mintzberg framework - structural types within an organisation Simple structure Machine bureaucracy Professional bureaucracy Divisionalised structure Adhocrscy Recent trends in organisation structure Changes; 1. Hierarchical levels reduced 2. Division of labour widened - changes in job Devlin 3. Teams introduced 4. Responsibility and decision-making authority has been pushed down the organisation Away from bureaucracy New organisational forms ○ The matrix organisation ○ The team based organisation ○ The virtual organisation https://ulcampus-my.sharepoint.com/:o:/r/personal/24430455_studentmail_ul_ie/_layouts/15/Doc.aspx?sourcedoc=%7B159535c2-d156-49e1-b289-b4f85e2ae4e… 1/2