Chapter 4 organizing

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

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 1.1 Meaning of organization

POM/Chapter 4 - Organizing
 1.2 Process of Organization

 1.3 Principles of Organization

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DEFINITION OF ORGANIZING

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 Activities:  Resources:
 Identification of  Determining the

activities
 Grouping of Activities
specific need of
 Assignment of jobs to resources
formal groups  Allocation of
 Establishing a network resources into
of authority and
responsibility specific groups
 Providing framework for  Evaluation and
measurement, evaluati control of use of
on and control
the resources 3

ORGANIZING

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Organizing is the process of
arranging and allocating

work, authority, and resources
among an organization’s
members so that they can
achieve organizational goal.
 Stoner, Freeman and Gilbert
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PROCESS OF ORGANIZING

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 Division of Work
 Grouping of Work

 Delegation of Authority

 Coordination of Work

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PROCESS OF ORGANIZING SIMPLIFIED

PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZING
8.Exception

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1. Unity of Objective
2. Specialization
9.Efficiency

3. Coordination
4. Authority and 10.Balance
Responsibility
11.Homogeneity
5. Unity of Command
6. Scalar Chain 12.Continuity
7. Span of Control
13.Simplicity 7

PART TWO: ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHITECTURE

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 2.1 Vertical differentiation
 Tall versus Flat Structure

 2.2 Horizontal differentiation
Functional Structure
Multidivisional Structure

Geographic Structure

Matrix Structure
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TALL VERSUS FLAT ORGANIZATIONS
Tall Organization
President

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Flat Organization
President

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ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHITECTURE -
VERTICAL INTEGRATION

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 Tall Organization:  Flat organization:
 This type of This type of

organizational organizational
architecture has architecture
many layers and
has few layers
narrow span of
control. and wide span
of control.
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ESTABLISHING REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:
TALL VERSUS FLAT ORGANIZATIONS
 Tall Organizations  Flat Organizations
 Are more expensive  Lead to higher levels of
employee morale and

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because of the number
of managers involved. productivity.
 Foster more  Create more administrative
communication responsibility for the
problems because of relatively few managers.
the number of people  Create more supervisory
through whom responsibility for managers
information must pass. due to wider spans of
control.
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ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHITECTURE – HORIZONTAL
DIFFERENTIATION
1. FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE:

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General Manager

Production Finance Marketing HR
Dept Dept Dept Deprtment

Structure is created based on the
various functions of an organization.
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DIFFERENTIATION
2. MULTI-DIVISION STRUCTURE

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General Manager

Division I Division II Division III

 Multiple divisions are created in a
related industry.
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DIFFERENTIATION

 Divisional or M-form (Multidivisional) Design
 An organizational arrangement based on multiple
businesses in related areas operating within a larger
organizational framework; following a strategy of
related diversification.
 Activities are decentralized down to the divisional
level; others are centralized at the corporate level.
 The largest advantages of the M-form design are the
opportunities for coordination and sharing of
resources.

DIFFERENTIATION
3. GEOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE:

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General

Manager  Departments are
created based on
geographic regions.
 All the activities in one

Eastern Central Western geographic region is
Region Region Region categorized into one
unit.

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DIFFERENTIATION
4. MATRIX ORGANIZATION
CEO

Vice president, Vice president, Vice president, Vice president,
engineering production finance marketing

Employees
Project
manager A

Project
manager B

Project
manager C

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MATRIX STRUCTURE:

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 Advantages:  Disadvantages:
 Enhances organizational  Employees are uncertain

flexibility. about reporting
 Team members have the relationships.
opportunity to learn new  The dynamics of group
skills. behavior may lead to
 Provides an efficient way for slower decision
the organization to use its making, one-person
human resources. domination, compromise
 Team members serve as decisions, or a loss of
bridges to their departments focus.
for the team.  More time may be required
for coordinating task- 17
related activities.

PART THREE: RESPONSIBILITY

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3.1 Meaning of Responsibility

3.2Establishing Task and
Reporting Relationships

3.3 Creating Accountability

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RESPONSIBILITY:

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Responsibility is the

obligation to perform
or
duty to carryout certain
activities

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ESTABLISHING TASK AND REPORTING
RELATIONSHIP:

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 Task Relationship:
 How activities related to each other in an

organization.
 How the basic units of an organization are
formed.
 Establishment of job description and job
specification
 Job Specification: Prerequisites of job. Various skills and
experiences needed to perform certain job.
 Job Description: The activities that have to be carried
out at certain position in a job. It describes the job.
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ESTABLISHING TASK AND REPORTING
RELATIONSHIP:

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 Establishing Reporting Relationship:
 It is finding out

 Chain of command
 Span of control or span of management

1. Who reports to whom?

2. How many subordinates will a supervisor have?

(Relate it to tall vs flat organizational architecture.)

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CREATING ACCOUNTABILITY

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 Accountability:
 Requirement to report

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PART FOUR: AUTHORITY

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4.1 Line and Staff Authority

4.2 Delegation of Authority

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AUTHORITY:

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 Right to take decisions that arises due to
position in organizational structure.

 Authority is the right to perform or
command. It allows its holder to act in
certain designated ways and to directly
influence the actions of others through
orders.

 Types of Authority:
 Line Authority
 Staff Authority 24

LINE AUTHORITY

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The chain of command in the
organizational structure that flows

major decision making power.
The officially
sanctioned ability to issue orders t
o subordinate employees within
an organization.
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STAFF AUTHORITY

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 Staff authority consists of the right to
advise or assist those who possess

line authority as well as other staff
personnel.

 The Advisory or Counseling
Role :
 The Service Role
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 The Control Role

DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY

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Assigning work to subordinates
and giving them necessary

authority to do the assigned work
effectively.

Simple terms,
GRANTING AUTHORITY TO SUBORDINATES
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FEATURES OF DELEGATION OF
AUTHORITY:

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 No delegation of total authority
 Delegation of only that authority a

manager has
 Representation of the superior

 Delegation for organizational purpose

 Restoration of delegated authority

 Balance of authority and responsibility

 No delegation of responsibility
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CONFLICT BETWEEN LINE – STAFF EMPLOYEES

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Assume Line Authority

Do not give Sound Advice
Steal Credit for Success
Fail to Keep line
personnel informed of their
activities
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PART FIVE:
CENTRALIZATION AND DECENTRALIZATION

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 Meaning : Centralization and Decentralization

 Reasons: In which case which is needed

 Advantages and Disadvantages: of both

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EMERGING ISSUES IN ORGANIZATION DESIGN

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STAFFING: CONCEPT AND IMPORTANCE

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