Organizational Behavior Ch. 15

Organizational structure

how jobs and tasks are divided and coordinated between individuals and groups

Organizational chart

represents every job in the organization and the formal reporting relationships between jobs

Chain of command

who reports to who and who has more authority

Span of control

how many employees each manager is responsible for

Centralization

where decisions are formally made in organizations

Formalization

degree to which rules and procedures are used to standardize behaviors and decisions in an organization

Mechanistic organizations

Efficient, rigid, predictable, thrive in stable environments

Organic environments

Flexible, adaptive, outward-focused, thrive in dynamic environments

Simple structure

organizational form that features one person as the central decision-making figure

Bureaucratic structure

organizational form that exhibits many of the facets of a mechanistic organization

Matrix structure

organizational structure that combines a functional and multi-divisional grouping

Restructuring

process of changing an organization's structure