ENGG 406

Engineering
Management

MODULE 5
ORGANIZING
ENGR. NERES ANN M. REPOLLO 2022
Topic Outline

5.1. Principles of Organization

5.2. Organizational Structure

5.3. Job Design and Job Characteristics Model

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Is a management function which refers to

“the structuring of resources and
activities to accomplish objectives in an
efficient and effective manner.”

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ORGANIZING
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According to Chester Barnard,

“Organizing is a function by which the
concern is able to define the role positions,
the jobs related and the coordination
between authority and responsibility”.

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Hence, a manager always has to organize
in order to get results.
CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANIZATION

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 TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
◉ Functional organization

◉ this is a form of
departmentalization in
which everyone engaged in
one functional activity,
such as engineering or
marketing, is grouped into
one unit.

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 TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
◉ Divisional Structure
◉ each organizational
function has its own
division.

◉ Product or market
organization

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 TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
◉ Matrix organization

◉ each employee reports

to both a functional or
division manager and to
a project or group
manager.

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 Organizational Chart

◉ Org Chart - a diagram showing the

interrelationships of its positions.

◉ This chart highlights the chain of command, or

the authority relationships among people
working at different levels.

◉ It also shows the number of layers between the

top and lowest managerial levels.
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Organizational Structure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv7aa754GzE

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 Span of Control

◉ the number of subordinates a supervisor has

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The Determinant of Organizational Structure

Level of
Size of the
Business
Business
Maturity

Strategy and
Use of Organizational
Technology Success
Factors

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External/Internal
Business
Environment
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How Apple Is Organized for Innovation: The Functional Organization

https://
www.youtube.com/watch?
v=5hENFA3CJUY

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Job Design
and
Job Characteristics Model

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Job Design
refers to the way that a set of tasks, or an
entire job, is organized.

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Job Design
Helps to determine:

• What tasks are done.

• How the tasks are done.
• How many tasks are done.
“ are done.
• In what order the tasks
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Job Design

Involves administrative areas

such as:

• Job rotation
• Job enlargement
• Task/machine pacing
• Work breaks “
• Working hours
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Job Design Framework

Allows managers to choose the combination of items
that best fit the needs of the business and employees.

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Job Characteristics Model

“Provides recommendations on
how to best enrich jobs in
organizations
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Job Characteristics Model

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZJbs1DdyWk

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Any questions ?

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 Module Review

1. What are the 2 classification of organization?

2. What are the 3 types of Organizational Structure?
3. What are the 5 determinants of organizational structure?
4. What are the administrative areas of a Job Design?
5. What are the 4 Pillars of a Job Design Framework?
6. What are the 5 Job Characteristics Model?
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Case Study No. 2
◉ Make an organizational chart of your class for
your webinar
◉ Identify the duties and responsibilities of each
position (Job Design)
◉ Submit a link to your video recording of your
class online meeting (at least the first 30
minutes)

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 References

◉ https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/hsprograms/job_design.html
◉ https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wmopen-introbusiness/chapter/organizing/#:~:text=T
he%20Nature%20of%20Organizing&text=Organizing%20involves%20assigning%20tas
ks%2C%20grouping,goals%20identified%20in%20the%20plan
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◉ https://www.managementstudyguide.com/line_staff_organization.htm
◉ https://nationalfund.org/job-design-framework/#:~:text=The%20Job%20Design%20Fra
mework%20allows,a%20good%20job%20for%20another
.

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