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Define: organizational structure |
formally dictates how jobs/tasks are divided and coordinated between individuals and groups within the company |
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Define: organizational chart |
a drawing that represents every job in the organization, and the formal reporting relationships between those jobs |
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Define: work specialization |
the degree to which tasks in an organization are divided into separate jobs |
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Define: chain of command |
specifies who reports to whom - signifies formal authority relationships |
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Define: span of control |
represents how many employees each manager in the organization has responsibility for |
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Define: centralization |
aspect of structure that dictates where decisions are formally made in organizations |
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Define: formalization |
the degree to which rules and procedures are used to standardize behaviours and decisions in an organization |
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Define: mechanistic organizations |
efficient, rigid, predictable, and standardized organizations that thrive in stable environments |
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Define: organic organizations |
flexible, adaptive, outward focused organizations that thrive in dynamic environments |
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Define: organizational design |
the process of creating, selecting or changing the structure of an organization |
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Organizational Design Define: business environment |
the outside environment, including customers, competitors, suppliers, distributors, and other factors external to them, which all affect organizational design |
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Organizational Design Define: company strategy |
an organizations objectives and goals and how it tries to capitalize on its assets to make money |
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Organizational Design Define: technology |
the method by which an organization transforms inputs to outputs |
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Organizational Design Define: company size |
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Define: simple structure |
an organizational form that features on person as the central decision making figure |
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Define: bureaucratic structure |
an organizational form that exhibits many of the facets of a mechanistic organization |
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Bureaucratic Structure Define: functional structure |
an organization form in which employees are grouped by the functions they perform for the organization |
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Bureaucratic Structure Define: product structure |
an organizational form in which employees are grouped around different products that the company produces |
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Bureaucratic Structure Define: multi-divisional structure |
an organizational form in which employees are grouped together by product, geography or client |
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Bureaucratic Structure Define: geographic structure |
an organizational form in which employees are grouped around the different locations where the company does business |
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Bureaucratic Structure Define: client structure |
an organizational form in which employees are organized around serving customers |
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Bureaucratic Structure Define: matrix structure |
a complex form on organizational structure that combines a functional and multi-divisional grouping |
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Define: restructuring |
the process of changing an organizations structure |
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What is the effect of restructuring on job performance? |
WEAK NEGATIVE |
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What is the effect of restructuring on organizational commitment? |
MODERATE NEGATIVE |