Organizational Structure Part 2

• The Organizational Chart
• A representation detailing all individuals, positions, reporting relationships, and formal lines of communication within the organization
• The Organizational Chart
• An organizational chart illustrates
• Division of Work
• Managers & Subordinates
• Type of Work
• Business Functions
• Levels of Management
• Dimensions of Organizational Structure
• Specialization
• How Tasks and Roles are Allocated
• Standardization
• How an organization adopts procedures
• Formalization
• The degree to which rules and procedures are documented
• Centralization
• The degree to which authority and decision making are located at the top of the organization
• Configuration
• The shape of the organization’s role structure
• Traditionalism
• The way procedures are understood or  ‘the way we do things around here’
• Four Underlying Dimensions
• Structuring of Activities
• The extent to which there are defined regulation of employee behavior
• Processes supported
• Specialization
• Formalization
• Standardization
• Concentration of Authority
• The extent by which authority is located centrally either at the top of the organization or at a headquarters
• Line Control of the Workforce
• The extent by which control of the work is under the control of line management rather than through other interpersonal and detached procedures
• Supportive Component
• The comparative size of the administrative and other personnel outside that of the core workflow personnel

 Until next time...






Sheryl Tuchman, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
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