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Organizational Concepts

Organizational Concepts


Table of Contents
1. Chapter 1: Organizational Planning 4
1.2. Introduction: 4
1.3. Defining Planning 4
1.4. Recognizing the Advantages of Planning 5
1.5. Using Plans to Achieve Goals 5
1.6. Criteria for effective goals 6
1.7. Coordination of goals 6
1.8. Detailing Types of Plans 7
1.9. Operational plans 7
1.9.1. Tactical plans 8
1.9.2. Strategic plans 8
1.9.3. Contingency plans 9
1.10. Identifying Barriers to Planning 9
2. Chapter 2 – Creating Organizational Structure 11
2.1. Introduction: 11
2.2. The Relationship between Planning and Organizing 11
2.3. The Organizational Process 12
2.4. Concepts of Organizing 13
2.5. Work specialization 13
2.6. Chain of Command 13
2.7. Authority 14
2.8. Delegation 15
2.9. Span of control 17
2.10. Centralization versus decentralization 18
2.11. The Informal Organization 19
3. Chapter 3 – Organizational Design and Structure 21
3.1. Introduction: 21
3.2. Organizational Design Defined 21
3.3. Bureaucracy Basics 21
3.4. The mechanistic structure 22
3.5. The organic structure 23
3.6. Factors Affecting Organizational Design 23
3.7. Organizational size 23
3.8. Organization Life Cycle 24
3.9. Strategy 24
3.10. Environment 25
3.11. Technology 25
3.12. Five Approaches to Organizational Design 26
3.12.1. Functional Structure 26
3.12.2. Divisional Structure 27
3.12.3. .Matrix structure 28
3.12.4. Team structure 30
3.12.5. Network Structure 31
4. References: 32


1. Chapter 1: Organizational Planning
1.2. Introduction:
This chapter will discuss the following topics:
• Recognizing planning as an essential management function
• Identifying different types of plans designed to meet organizational goals
• Determining and overcoming barriers to planning

Of the five management functions — planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling — planning is the most fundamental. All other functions stem from planning. However, planning doesn't always get the...