UNIT 3: COMPANY STRUCTURE

Organizational structure

The levels of management and division of responsibility within an organization.

Hierarchy

The levels of management in any organization, from the highest to the lowest. A level of hierarchy refers to managers/ supervisors, other employees who are given a similar level of responsibility in an organization.

Chain of command

the structure in an organization which allows instructions to be passed down from senior management to lower levels management.

Span of Control

the number of subordinates working directly under a manager.

directors

Senior managers who lead a particular department or division of a business.

line managers

people who have responsibility for people below them in the hierarchy of an organization.

supervisors

junior managers who have direct control over the employees below them in the organizational structure.

staff managers

specialist who provide support, information and assistance to line managers.

delegation

giving a subordinate an authority to perform a particular task.

decentralization

taking the decision away from the centre of an organization or away from the Head Office (await)