organizational structure
Transcript: professional independent journalists to comply Code of Conduct, Media Regulations, ensuring accuracy and credibility and integrity associated with the material published wider span of control centralised sales team selling across platforms and products capability in digital and development delivering innovative advertising on mobile and tablets to increase yield Thoughts? Key concepts Tran Nguyen Responsibility accounting Fairfax Media Limited 2013, Annual financial report, Pyrmont, NSW, viewed 20 March 2014, < www.fairfaxmedia.com.au/shareholders/2013FairfaxAnnualReport.pdf> Fairfax Media Limited 2013, Investor Day Presentation, media release, 6 June, viewed 23 March 2014, <www.fairfaxmedia.com.au/shareholders/2013InvestorDayPresentation.pdf> Robbins, S.P, Millett B. and , Waters-Marsh, T. 2004, Organisational Behaviour, 4th ed., Pearson Education Australia, Sydney. 2013 Goal congruence Strength breaking down departmental barriers decentralising decision making to the level of team mobilisation - interdependent activities done by specialists Key management accounting concepts - a recap Article summary - Fairfax Media Identifying and applying management accounting issues Analysis - causes, costs and benefits cost saving $351m by FY2015 (cost- minimisation) achieved $60m in saving (September 2013) audience-focused (innovative strategy) Outline Team structure organizational structure: how job tasks are divided , grouped and coordinated. decentralisation: restructuring the organization into smaller sub-units (divisions and departments), each with specific operations and decision-making responsibilities) Organizational Structure & Decision Making April, 2013: organisational restructure 5 divisions Structural shifts to multi-platform to unlock the potential of digital businesses Operation of a national sales team across publications The story Reference Agency theory 2012 THANK YOU Strength simplicity flexible to maintain cost reduction (duplication of management) increase accountability for product/service performance Weakness wide span of control employees' performance without supervision communication between divisions?