What is an organization
When two or more people work together in a structured manner to achieve certain objectives
Basic elements in organizations
- common objectives
- men, women and resources
- combined efforts
- relationship system
Managements techniques
The way to do things systematically and regularly looking for efficiency and effectiveness
Required skills:
- conceptual
- human
- technical
Managements functions
Guide the organization to set objectives and control its activity to know and correct deviations
Organizational structure
Harmonized relationship between different activities and company’s body
Manager as harmonized:
- divides activity’s into individual tasks
- individual tasks match a specific job position
- defines relations
Organizational chart
They represent and organizations structure.
The can be formal or informal
Elements of organizational structure
- Division of work
- Departmentalization
- Hierarchy
- Coordination
- Centralization or Decentralization
- Formality
1.DIVISION OF WORK
Advantages:
- less learning time
- less waste on learning materials
- better skills achieved
- better coordination
Consequences:
- staff and productive capacity increase
- bigger dimensions for organizations
- employees motivation decreases
- DEPARTAMENTALIZATION
- consequence of specialization and division of work
- different departments are grouped
- organizational chart
Problems:
- different views on the organizational objectives(conflicts)
- different time orientation
- different interpersonal orientation
- different degree of formality in communications
- HIERARCHY
Line of power through which orders in an organization are delivered.
Authority:
- right to command and be obeyed
- according to Max Weber authority is the result of 3 processes( Tradition, Legality and Charisma)
- power is based on legality and authority on democracy
2 approaches:
- classical approach
- acceptance approach
Sources of power:
- power to reward
- coercive power
- legitimate power
- expert power
- reference power
Kinds of authority:
- Linear authority
- Staff authority
- Functional authority
- COORDINATION
A company can grow horizontally or vertically.
Ideal number of subordinates:
It depends on who is managing,who follows orders and on the complexity of tasks to perform.
Kinds of relationships:
- simple and direct
- crossed
- direct and complex
