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1.04 Key Terms
Managerial Considerations In Organizing
Term | Definition |
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Authority | The formally granted influence of an individual to make decisions, pursue goals, and obtain the resources necessary to support those decisions and goals |
Chain of command | The flow of authority within an organization |
Departmentalization | The way departments are defined and arranged |
Division of labor | The process of dividing a large job into units, or job tasks, and assigning an individual to do each of the tasks |
Divisional structure | An organizational design in which the firm is broken down into units according to factors such as product, process, territory, customer type, etc. |
Functional structure | An organizational design in which the firm is broken into traditional departments, each with its own set of responsibilities and activities ( marketing, operations, sales, IT, etc.) |
Matrix structure | An organizational design that combines the traditional functional structure with the divisional structure |
Organizational chart | A graphical representation of the flow of the authority within the organization |
Organizational structure | The company's configuration of employees for accomplishing specific business tasks; how the business is organized |
Organizing | The management function of setting up the way the business's work will be done |
Scaler principle | Creating authority that flows in a clear, continuous line |
Span of control | The measurement of how many workers are supervised by one manager |
Specialization | An employees narrow focus on one task or area of expertise |
Unity of command | A principle that states that no employee should answer to more that one supervisor at a time |