bus 100 class slides, march 4, 2014
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Creating a flexible organization
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Quiz
• Closed book/closed notes
• Put your phones away
• You may collaborate with your team
• You are responsible for the answers on
your quiz
• You do not have to choose the same
answers as your team
"organization"?
group of two or more people working together to achieve a common set of goals
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chain of command
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specialization
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job rotation
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span of control (span of management)
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Tall Organizations
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Flat organizations
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Tall or Flat?
• Centralization
– Decision-making concentrated at top
– Little employee empowerment
• Decentralization
– Decision-making throughout organization
– More employee empowerment
• Manufacturing
• Service
Tall or Flat?
• Span of Control: # of employees/manager
– Skill of manager
– Skill of employees
– Complexity of job
• geographical closeness
• functional similarity
• need for coordination
• planning demands
• functional complexity
small v. large organizations
• small
–tall or flat structure
–short chain of command
• large
–tall or flat structure
– long chain of command
informal organization
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