BB40 1.04 organizing vocabulary

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formally granted influence of an individual to make decisions, pursue goals, and obtain the resources necessary to support those decisions and goals

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authority

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organizational design in which the firm is broken down into units according to factors such as product, process, territory, customer type, etc.

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divisional structure

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management function of setting up the way the business's work will be done

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organizing

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principle that states that no employee should answer to more than one supervisor at a time

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unity of command

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the flow of authority within an organization

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chain of command

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an organizational design in which the firm is broken into traditional departments, each with its own set of responsibilities and activities (marketing, operations, sales, IT, etc.)

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functional structure

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creating authority that flows in a clear, continuous line

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scalar principle

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an employee’s narrow focus on one task or area of expertise

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specialization

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the way departments are defined and arranged

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departmentalization

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organizational design that combines the traditional functional structure with the divisional structure

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matrix structure