Business 12 (Chapter 8) (Understanding business(11th Edition))

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Flat Organization Structure

An organization structure that has few layers of management and a broad span of control.

Tall Organization Structure

An organizational structure in which the pyramidal organization chart would be quite tall because of the various levels of management.

Formal Organization

The structure that date details lines of responsibility, authority, and position; that is, the structure shown on organization charts.

Decentralized Authority

An organization structure in which decision-making authority is delegated to lower-level managers more familiar with local conditions than headquarters management could be.

Centralized Authority

An organization structure in which decision-making authority is maintained at the top level of management.

Inverted Organization

An organization that has contact people at the top and the chief executive officer at the bottom of the organization chart.

Benchmarking

Comparing an organization's practices, processes, and products against the world's best.

Span of Control

Not remember of subordinates Avengers supervises or should supervise.

Line Organization

Starting a station that has direct two-way lines of responsibility, authority, and communication running from the top to the bottom of the organization, with all people reporting is only one supervisor.

Departmentalization

The dividing of organizational functions in two separate units.

Chain of Command

The line of authority that moves from the top of a hierarchy to the lowest level.

Informal Organization

The system that develop spontaneously as employees meet and form clicks, relationships, and lines of authority outside the formal organization.


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