Organisational Structure And Design
Chapter 10
Organisational Structure and
Design
Robbins, Bergman, Stagg, Coulter: Management 4e © 2006 Pearson Education Australia
LO6 Students will evaluate two types of organisational structures and recommend a structure for a given situation Key elements
a) Hierarchy and departmentalisation economic growth
b) Centralisation versus decentralisation
c) Mechanistic versus organic
d) Span of control
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LEARNING OUTLINE
Follow this Learning Outline as you read and study this chapter.
Defining organisational structure
• Explain why organising is important
• Identify the six key elements used in designing an organisation’s
structure
• Discuss the traditional and contemporary view of work
specialization.
• Describe each of the five forms of departmentalization.
• Explain cross-functional teams.
• Differentiate chain of command, authority, responsibility, and
unity of command.
• Discuss the traditional and contemporary views of chain of
command.
• Discuss the traditional and contemporary views of span of
control.
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L E A R N I N G O U T L I N E (cont’d)
Follow this Learning Outline as you read and study this chapter.
Defining organisational structure (cont’d)
•
Describe the factors influence the amount of centralisation and decentralisation. •
Explain how formalisation is used in organisational design.
Organisational design decisions
•
Contrast mechanistic and organic organisations.
•
Explain the relationship between strategy and structure.
•
Tell how organisational size affects organisational design.
•
Discuss Woodward’s findings on the relationship of technology and structure.
•
Explain how environmental uncertainty affects organisational design. Robbins, Bergman, Stagg, Coulter: Management 4e © 2006 Pearson Education Australia
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L E A R N I N G O U T L I N E (cont’d)
Organisational Structure and
Design
Robbins, Bergman, Stagg, Coulter: Management 4e © 2006 Pearson Education Australia
LO6 Students will evaluate two types of organisational structures and recommend a structure for a given situation Key elements
a) Hierarchy and departmentalisation economic growth
b) Centralisation versus decentralisation
c) Mechanistic versus organic
d) Span of control
Robbins, Bergman, Stagg, Coulter: Management 4e © 2006 Pearson Education Australia
2
LEARNING OUTLINE
Follow this Learning Outline as you read and study this chapter.
Defining organisational structure
• Explain why organising is important
• Identify the six key elements used in designing an organisation’s
structure
• Discuss the traditional and contemporary view of work
specialization.
• Describe each of the five forms of departmentalization.
• Explain cross-functional teams.
• Differentiate chain of command, authority, responsibility, and
unity of command.
• Discuss the traditional and contemporary views of chain of
command.
• Discuss the traditional and contemporary views of span of
control.
Robbins, Bergman, Stagg, Coulter: Management 4e © 2006 Pearson Education Australia
3
L E A R N I N G O U T L I N E (cont’d)
Follow this Learning Outline as you read and study this chapter.
Defining organisational structure (cont’d)
•
Describe the factors influence the amount of centralisation and decentralisation. •
Explain how formalisation is used in organisational design.
Organisational design decisions
•
Contrast mechanistic and organic organisations.
•
Explain the relationship between strategy and structure.
•
Tell how organisational size affects organisational design.
•
Discuss Woodward’s findings on the relationship of technology and structure.
•
Explain how environmental uncertainty affects organisational design. Robbins, Bergman, Stagg, Coulter: Management 4e © 2006 Pearson Education Australia
4
L E A R N I N G O U T L I N E (cont’d)