Study/Lecture Outline - make your own notes I. Division of Labour and Coordination - Division of labour
- Coordinating work activities (3 ways)
- Informal communication
- Formal hierarchy
- Standardization (3 forms)
II. Elements of Organizational Structure (4 elements) - Span of control (tall vs. flat)
- Centralization and decentralization
- Formalization
- Mechanistic versus organic structures
III. Forms of Departmentalization (the fourth element) - Simple
- Functional
- Divisional (3)
- Team-based
- Matrix
- Network
IV. Contingencies of Organizational Design (4) - External environment (4 characteristics)
- Organizational size
- Technology (variability and analyzability)
- Organizational strategy
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