Basic elements of Organizing Chapter-11

1. Basic elements of OrganizingChapter-11 Chapter outline Designing Jobs Grouping Jobs Establishing reporting relationship Distributing Authority Coordinating activities Differentiating between positions

2. Designing jobs Designing job is the determination of an individual’s work-related responsibility. • Job specialization: The degree of which the over-all task of the organization is broken down and divided into smaller component parts.

3. Alternatives to specialization • Job Rotation • Job enlargement • Job enrichment • Work team

4. Grouping jobs: Departmentalization The process of grouping jobs according to some logical arrangement.

5. Common bases for departmentalization • Functional departmentalization • Product departmentalization • Customer departmentalization • Location departmentalization

6. Establishing reporting relationships Third basic element of organizing of reporting relationships among employees. • Chain of command • Span of management

7. Tall vs. Flat organization • Tall Organization: It involves many managers & narrow span of management. • Flat Organization: It involves limited managers & wide span of management which may lead to employee productivity as well as increased managerial responsibility.

8. Distributing Authority Authority is power that has been legitimized by the organization. Two specific issues that managers must address when distributing authority: • Delegation • Decentralization

9. Coordinating activities Coordination is the process of linking the activities of the various departments of the organization.

10. The need & forms of coordination • Pooled interdependence • Sequential interdependence • Reciprocal interdependence

11. Differentiating between positions • Line positions • Staff positions