Learning Objectives
       • Discuss the factors that influence a firm’s organizational structure.
       • Explain specialization and departmentalization as two of the building 
         blocks of organizational structure.
       • Describe centralization and decentralization, delegation, and 
         authority as the key ingredients in establishing the decision-making 
         hierarchy.
       • Explain the differences among functional, divisional, matrix, and 
         international organizational structures and describe the most popular 
         new forms of organizational design.
       • Describe the informal organization and discuss intrapreneuring.
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        Chapter Outline
      What Is Organizational Structure?
      • Organization Charts
      • Determinants of Organizational Structure
      The Building Blocks of Organizational Structure
      • Specialization
      • Departmentalization
      Establishing the Decision-Making Hierarchy
      • Distributing Authority: Centralization and Decentralization
      • The Delegation Process
      • Three Forms of Authority
      Basic Forms of Organizational Structure
      • Functional Structure
      • Divisional Structure
      • Matrix Structure
      • International Structure
      • Organizational Design for the Twenty-First Century
      Informal Organization
      • Informal Groups
      • Organizational Grapevine
      • Intrapreneuring
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       What is Organizational 
       Structure
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        What is Organizational Structure
        • Organizational Structure: Is the specification of the jobs to be done 
         within an organization and the ways in which those jobs relate to one 
         another.
        • The easiest way to understand structure is in terms of an organization 
         chart.
        • Organization charts clarify structure and to show employees where 
         they fit into a firm’s operations.
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            Organizational Chart
        •   The solid lines define the chain of 
            command,            or         reporting 
            relationships, within the company.
        •   Some Large organizations includes a 
            more complex relations  ships  that 
            showed in this figure. This large size 
            prevents  them  from  drawing  their 
            organization chart.
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