Workshop 3 - organisational structures
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- Created on: 17-06-22 14:32
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- Workshop 3 - value of skills
- Organisational structures
- Tall structure
- Hierachial
- Long lines of communication
- Longer to pass information - unresponsive to change
- Focused areas of responsibility
- Narrow span of control
- More opportunities for promotion
- Departmental support
- Flat structure
- Typical in new businesses
- Shorter lines of communication
- Responsive to change
- More responsibility
- More motivated employees
- Matrix structure
- Formed for project work
- Multiple managers (Functional manager and project manager)
- Disbanded after project completion
- Functional structure
- The organisation is divided into specialist groups
- Employees with shared skills are grouped together
- Functional groups may not communicate
- May affect flexibility and innovation
- Wide area of responsibility
- Increased responsibility for decision making
- Public sector
- Controlled by the government
- More job security
- Less pay increases and career choices
- Private sector
- Run with the intention of making a profit
- More pay increases and more career choices
- Less job security, less benefits and longer hours
- Tall structure
- Key terms
- Line managers
- Are responsible for overseeing staff
- Subordinates
- Report to staff higher up
- Authority
- Is the power that managers have to direct subordinates and make decisions
- Delegation
- When managers give tasks to subordinates
- The chain of command is the path of authority
- Lines of communication are the route messages travel along
- Organisational charts show the structure of a business
- Line managers
- Skill development
- Set goals for yourself
- Find a mentor
- Review job descriptions for positions you want
- Take advantage of company training
- Participate in job shadowing
- Seek feedback about strengths and weaknesses
- Organisational structures
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