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Management 11

TermDefinition
Organizing Management function that involves arranging and structuring work to accomplish the organization's goals.
Organizational Structure The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization.
Organizational Chart The visual representation of an organization's structure.
Organizational Design Creating or changing an organization's structure.
Work Specialization Diving work activities into separate job tasks.
Departmentalization The basis by which jobs are grouped together.
Cross-Functional Team A work team composed of individuals from various functional specialties.
Chain of Command The line of authority extending from upper organizational levels to the lowest levels, which clarifies who reports to whom.
Authority The rights inherent in a managerial position to tell people what to do and to expect them to do it.
Line Authority Authority that entitles a manager to direct the work of an employee.
Staff Authority Positions with some authority that have been created to support, assist, and advise those holding the authority.
Responsibility The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties.
Unity of Command The management principle that each person should report to only one manager.
Span of Control The number of employees a manager can efficiently and effectively manage.
Centralization The degree to which decision making is concentrated at upper levels of the organization.
Decentralization The degree to which lower-level employees provide input or actually make decision.
Employee Empowerment Giving employees more authority (power) to make decisions.
Formalization How standardized an organization's jobs are and the extent to which employee behavior is guided by rules and procedures.
Mechanistic Organization An organizational design that's rigid and tightly controlled.
Formalization How standardized an organization's jobs are and the extent to which employee behavior is guided by rules and procedures.
Mechanistic Organization An organizational design that's rigid and tightly controlled.
Organic Organization An organizational design that's highly adaptive and flexible.
Unit Production The production of items in unites or small batches.
Mass Production The production of items in large batches.
Process Production The production of items in continuous processes.
Simple Structure An organizational design with little departmentalization, wide spans of control, centralized authority, and little formalization.
Functional Structure An organizational design that groups together similar or related occupational specialties.
Divisional Structure An organizational structure made up of separate, semiautonomous units or divisions.
Team Structure An organization structure in which the entire organizational is made up of work teams.
Matrix Structure An organizational structure that assigns specialists from different functional departments to work on one or more projects.
Project Structure An organizational structure in which employees continuously work on projects.
Boundaryless Organization An organization whose design is not defined by, or limited to, the horizontal, vertical, or eternal boundaries imposed by a predefined structure.
Virtual Organization An organization that consists of a small core of full-time employees and outside specialists temporarily hired as needed to work on projects.
Task Force (or ad hoc committee) A temporary committee or team formed to tackle a specific short-term problem affecting several departments.
Open Innovation Opening up the search for new ideas beyond the organization's boundaries and allowing innovations to easily transfer inward and outward.
Telecommuting A work arrangement in which employees work at home and are linked to the workplace by computer.
Compressed Workweek A workweek where employees work longer hours per day but fewer days per week.
Flextime (or flexible work hours) A scheduling system in which employees are required to work a specific number of hours a week but are free to vary those hours within certain limits.
Job Sharing The practice of having two or more people split a full-time job.
Contingent Workers Temporary, freelance, or contract workers whose employment is contingent on demand for their services.
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