Previously on

Introduction to Business and Management Designing Organizational Structures

Week 13

Previously on

• The nature of leadership
• Leadership process
• Leader, Follower, Context, Process, Consequences

3. Leadership as an Exercise of Influence

• Types and Sources of power

4. Tannenbaum and Schmidt Continuum

5. X and Y Theory

6. Leadership Grid

Outline

• Building Organizational Structures
• Division of Labor
• Different Organizational Structures:

- Traditional

- Contemporary

- Team – based

4. Establishing Organizational Relationships

5. Summary

Building Organizational Structures

Organizing involves coordinating and allocating a firm’s resources so that the firm can carry out its plans and achieve its goals. This organizing, or structuring, process is accomplished by:

• Determining work activities and dividing up tasks (division of labor)
• Grouping jobs and employees (departmentalization)
• Assigning authority and responsibilities (delegation)