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Ba 504 Management and Organization Theory Reflection
Ba 504 Management and Organization Theory Reflection
INTRODUCTION
The topics covered are the basic elements of organizations, bureaucratic
perspective on organization design, basic forms of organization design and emerging
issues in organization design.
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from one worker to the next, and each worker has a specified job to perform. The group
itself decides how jobs will be allocated.
Departmentalization is the process of grouping of jobs to some logical
arrangement. When organizations are small, the owner-manager can personally oversee
everyone who works there.
Establishing reporting relationship. Chain of Command is a clear and distinct
lines of authority need to be established among all positions in an organization. Span of
Management defines the number of people who report to a particular manager.
Bureaucracy is a model of organization design based on a legitimate and formal
system of authority.The organization should adopt a distinct division of labor, and each
position should be filled by an expert. The organization should develop a consistent set of
rules to ensure that task performance is uniform. The organization should establish a
hierarchy of positions or offices that creates a chain of command from the top of the
organization to the bottom. Managers should conduct business in an impersonal way and
maintain an appropriate social distance between themselves and their subordinates.
Employment and advancement in the organization should be based on technical expertise,
and employees should be protected from arbitrary dismissal.
The following are the basic forms of organization. (1) Functional (U-form)
Design - It is an arrangement based on the functional approach to departmentalization.
The members and units in the organization are grouped into functional departments such
as marketing and production. (2) Conglomerate (H-form) Design. - It is used by an
organization made up of a set of unrelated businesses. The H-form design is essentially a
holding company that results from unrelated diversification. (3) Divisional - It is based
on multiple businesses in related areas operating within a larger organizational
framework. This design results from a strategy of related diversification. (4) Matrix
Design - It is based on two overlapping bases of departmentalization. The foundation of a
matrix is a set of functional departments. (5) Hybrid Design - These organizations who
use a design that represents a hybrid of two or more of the common forms of organization
design. Our company adapts the hybrid design.
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GRADUATE SCHOOL
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