Organization

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Operations Management Mind Map on Organization, created by Samadhi Rangana on 28/01/2014.
Samadhi Rangana
Mind Map by Samadhi Rangana, updated more than 1 year ago
Samadhi Rangana
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Organization
  1. Issues relating to an organizational design
    1. Nature of Hierarchy
      1. The basic shape of the organization
        1. Organizations with many layers - Tall Organizations. (Low span of control)
          1. Span of Control - No. of employees reporting to the manager above them.
          2. Organizations with less layers - Flat Organizations. (High span of control)
            1. Determines the No. of layers between the CEO and the lower level employees.
            2. Degree of Centralization
              1. How the power is destributed in the organization
                1. Centralized organizations - Hold power in the central level. All the decisions are taken from the Top Level Managers.
                  1. Decentralized organizations - The power and authority is delegated to the lower level managers.
                  2. Level of Formalization
                    1. Organization with high level of formalization has high level of rules, regulations and procedres, and high standards of performance.
                    2. Level of Complexity
                      1. When the No. of sub units in an organization increase the level of complexity also high.
                        1. Complexity increases when there are high No. of products or when focusing on different markets.
                      2. Different Organizational Forms
                        1. Simple Form/ Entrepreneur Form
                          1. mainly adapted by small or medium sized organizations.
                          2. Functional Form
                            1. Divided into different management activities or operations and these functions are delegated to people who are speacialized in them.
                            2. Divisional Structure
                              1. either based on product category, geographical area or customer markets
                                1. Each has its own functional division
                                2. Conglomerate Structure
                                  1. Organizations with combination of business in different industries
                                  2. New Organizational Forms
                                    1. Team Organization
                                      1. People from different functions are requested to work together to perform a project
                                      2. Network Organization
                                        1. Are focused on reducing their staff and outsourcing
                                        2. Virtual Organization
                                          1. Organizationa that are entirly based on the internet without any physical existance.
                                        3. Hybrid Structure
                                          1. A combination of all the above mentioned structures are used.
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