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Formal Organization
Informal Organization.
Formal Organization
An intentional structure of roles in which position,
of authority.
Informal Organization
Comes into existence due to social interactions and
Informal
organization
Organizational Structure
The way in which an organization’s activities are
divided, organized and coordinated with respect to
the task.
Arrangement of task
Hierarchy
Minimum conflicts
Reduction in runarounds
Promotion of personnel
Benefits of Organizational
Structure…
Wage and salary administration
Easy communication
Effective Planning
Increased cooperation
Increase in creativity.
Determinants of Organizational
Structure
Every business needs a structure to operate.
Close control.
General Staff
Special Staff
Different backgrounds:
methods.
Departmentation…
Functional Departmentalization
Product Departmentalization
Customer Departmentalization
Geographic Departmentalization
Matrix Departmentalization.
Functional Departmentalization
It organizes work and workers into separate units
responsible for particular business functions or areas
of expertise.
Chain of Command:
Delegation of Authority:
Entrustment of decision
making authority
Creation of Obligation
Creation of accountability
Process of Delegation…
Assignment of Tasks:
Consider capabilities
quality output.
Process of Delegation…
Creation of Accountability:
good or bad.
Advantages of Delegation
Relieves managers from excessive work load.
Highly motivational.
Quick Decisions.
Economic Size:
Availability of Managers:
centralized or decentralized.
Factors determining the degree of
Decentralization of authority…
Decentralisation of Performance:
Environmental Influences:
Stoner, Freeman, Gilbert Jr. (2014). Management (6th edition), New Delhi: Prentice
Hall India.
Gupta, R.S., Sharma, B.D., & Bhalla. N.S. (2011). Principles & Practices of Management
(11th edition). New Delhi: Kalyani Publishers.