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Business Chapter 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Organizational Structure | the formal, internal framework of a business that shows how it is managed and organized. |
| Functional Departments | the main activities of business – finance, marketing, operations, human resource and research and development. |
| Hierarchy | the number of levels in an organizational structure |
| Chain of command | the line of authority through which instructions are passed in an organization. |
| Span of control | the number of people directly supervised or managed by one person in an organization. |
| Directors | Appointed or elected members of the BOD of a company who have the responsibility for determining and implementing the company’s policy. |
| Annual General Meeting | a meeting for shareholders that limited companies must hold once every year. |
| Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | the most senior manager responsible for the overall performance and success of a company. |
| Delayering | a popular strategy used to remove one or more levels of hierarchy from the organizational structure |
| Advantages of Delayering |