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Organizational Structure
Organizational Structure
An organizational structure is the formal
framework by which job tasks are divided,
grouped, and coordinated.
What Is An Organizational Structure?
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ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN( OD)
• OD is the process of improving organization
by increasing organizational and /or employee
effectiveness
• Developing or changing an organizational
structure is called engaging in organizational
design.
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Elements Of An Organizational
Structure
To determine which organizational structure is
best for your business, you’ll want to consider
the following key elements:
1. Work Specialization
2. Departmentalization
3. Chain of Command
4. Span of Control
5. Centralization/Decentralization
6. Formalization
1. Work Specialization
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2. Departmentalization
is the process of grouping activities into departments. Every
Organization has its own way of classifying and grouping
work activities.
• It aims at achieving unity of direction, effective
communication, coordination and control.
• There are five common types of departmentalization(BASES)
– Functional departmentalization
– • Product departmentalization
– Customer departmentalization
– Geographic departmentalization
– Process departmentalization
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3. Chain of Command
• The chain of command is the continuous line of authority
that extends from upper organizational levels to the lowest
levels and clarifies, who reports to whom.
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4. Span of management (span of control)
• means the number of subordinates a manager has control
over.
• Span of control also tells the number of levels and managers
of an organization.
• No fixed number of subordinates is there to be supervised by
a single manger,
• the number depends on different action which include the
following.
– Complexity and variety of subordinates job
– Ability and competence of mangers
– managers willing near to delegate authority
– The geographic location of organizational departments.
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5. Centralization and Decentralization
• Centralization The degree to which decision-making is
concentrated at a single point in the organizations.
• Organizations in which top managers make all the
decisions and lower-level employees simply carry out
those orders.
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6. Formalization
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Types of OS