Organizational Structure

assigning certain tasks from managers to subordinates

• centralization

• chain of command

• delegation

• hierarchy

a system of ranking people based on power or importance

• chain of command

• delegation

• hierarchy

• span of control

there is only one body of management that decides

• bureaucracy

• centralization

• decentralization

• span of control

a diagram that presents that structure of an organization

• bureaucracy

• change of command

• matrix structure

• organizational chart

is a system whereby employees report to several managers and work in cross-departmental teams.

• bureaucracy

• delayering

• matrix structure

• organizational chart

an organization that has many rules and procedures and set ways of doing things

• bureaucracy

• decentralization

• matrix structure

• organizational chart

a process that occurs when a business reduces the levels of hierarchy by removing layers of management.

• chain of command

• delegation

• delayering

• span of control

formal route by which a decision must travel through the organization

• chain of command

• delegation

• hierarchy

• span of control

the number of people reporting to a specific manager

• chain of command

• hierarchy

• matrix structure

• span of control

management at every level makes decisions

• chain of command

• decentralization

• hierarchy

• span of control