Organizational Theory 3
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- SYMPTOMS OF STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCY
- SYMPTOMS OF STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCY: the signs of the organizational structure being out of alignment, including delayed or poor quality decision making, failure to respond innovatively to environmental changes, and too much conflict.
- FUNCTIONAL GROUPING
- FUNCTIONAL GROUPING: placing employees together who have similar functions or work processes, or who bring similar skills and knowledge
- STRUCTURE
- STRUCTURE: the formal reporting relationships, groupings, and systems of an organization.
- DIVISIONAL GROUPING
- DIVISIONAL GROUPING; Organized according to what the organization produces
- HYBRID STRUCTURE
- HYBRID STRUCTURE; a structure that combines characteristics of various structural approaches (functional, divisional, geographical, horizontal) tailored to specific strategic needs
- DIVISIONAL STRUCTURE
- DIVISIONAL STRUCTURE: structuring of org according to indiv products, svcs, product groups, major projects, profit centers...also called PRODUCT STRUCTURE OR STRATEGIC BUSINESS UNITS
- MATRIX STRUCTURE
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MATRIX STRUCTURE: a strong form of horizontal linkage in which both product and functional structures (horizontal and vertical) are implemented simultaneously.
- DEPARTMENTAL GROUPING
- DEPARTMENTAL GROUPING: structure where employees share a common supervisor and resources, jointly responsible for performance, tend to identiify and collaborate with each other
- PRODUCT MATRIX
- PRODUCT MATRIX: a variation of the matrix structure in which project or product managers have primary authority and functional managers simply assign technical personnel to projects and provide advisory expertise.
- MULTI FOCUSED GROUPING
- MULTI FOCUSED GROUPING: a structure in which an organization embraces structural grouping alternatives simultaneously
- HORIZONTAL GROUPINGS
- HORIZONTAL GROUPINGS: the organizing of employees around core work processes rather then by function, product, or geography
- TEAMS
- TEAMS: permanent task forces often used in conjunction with a full time integrator.
- FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE
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FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE: grouping of activities by common function
- VERTICAL LINKAGE
- VERTICAL LINKAGE: communication and coordination activities connecting the top and bottom of an organization.
- TASK FORCE
- TASK FORCE: a temporary committee composed of representatives from each department affected by a problem
- LIAISON ROLE
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LIAISON ROLE: devotion of a person located in one department who is responsible for communicating and achieving coordination with another department.
- HORIZONTAL STRUCTURE
- HORIZONTAL STRUCTURE: a structure that virtually eliminates both the vertical hierarchy and departmental boundaries by organizing teams of employees around core work processes, the end to end work, information, and Material flows that provide value directly to customers.
- INTEGRATOR
- INTEGRATOR: a position or department created solely to coordinate several departments.
- HORIZONTAL LINKAGE
- HORIZONTAL LINKAGE: the amount of communication and coordination that occurs at horizontally across organizational departments
- VERTICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
- VERTICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM: the periodic reports, written information, and computer- based communications distributed to managers.
- FUNCTIONAL MATRIX
- FUNCTIONAL MATRIX: a structure in which functional bosses have primary authority and product or project managers simply coordinate product activities.