BB40 1.04 organizing vocabulary

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

• chain of command

• authority

• unity of command

• division of labor

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

• functional structure

• matrix structure

• organizational chart

• divisional structure

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

• organizing

• organizational chart

• matrix structure

• specialization

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

• authority

• chain of command

• unity of command

• scalar principle

the flow of authority within an organization

• span of control

• unity of command

• departmentalization

• chain of command

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.)

• functional structure

• organizational chart

• divisional structure

• matrix structure

creating authority that flows in a clear, continuous line

• unity of command

• chain of command

• scalar principle

• specialization

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

• division of labor

• chain of command

• unity of command

• specialization

the way departments are defined and arranged

• specialization

• departmentalization

• organizing

• organizational chart

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

• combination structure

• matrix structure

• functional structure

• divisional structure