Chapter 6: Designing Adaptive Organizations

  1. Definition of Organizing

  1. Organizing the Vertical Structure

  1. Organizing concepts

  1. Definition of Authority, Responsibility, and Delegation

  1. Line and Staff Authority

  1. Span of Management

  1. Definition of Centralization and Decentralization

  1. Departmentalization

  1. Organizing for Horizontal Coordination

  1. Factors Affecting Organization Structure

• Definition of Chain of Command

• Definition of Span of Management

• Definition of Work Specialization

• Staff authority

• Line authority

Line departments

Staff departments

Sales

Production

Labor relations

Research

Marketing

Accounting

Human Resources

Narrow span of management

Span of management structure

Wide span of management

Tall structure

Flat structure

• Virtual network structure

• Team approach

• Matrix approach

• Vertical Functional approach

• Vertical Functional approach

• Operational Needs (technology, work processes)


• Strategic Needs (environment, strategy, goals)