Organizational Structure
Transcript: Organizational Structure What are we talking about? Organizational structure is: A system of tasks, reporting relationships, and communication linkages Departmentalization is the process of grouping together people and jobs into work units. Functional Divisional Matrix Team Network groups together people with similar skills, who perform similar tasks Admissions, financial services, marketing, academics, human resources groups together people working on the same product, in the same area, over the same customers Product Divisional Structure : groups together people working on a single product or service For example: Human resources Hospitality services Campus safety Maintenance Geographical Divisional Structure : bring together people and jobs performed in the same location For example: APU Academics: East Campus Wilden (Business) Wynn (Psychology and sociology) Ronald Center (English) West Campus Segerstrom (Science and math) Duke (Theology, philosophy, & art) Customer Divisional Structure : groups together people and jobs that serve the same customers and clients Example: APU Academics: Business, music, nursing, biology, theology.. just to name a few! Uses permanent and temporary cross-functional teams to imrpove lateral relations In Mexico, you have: Coordinator Medical, orphanage, prayer, construction, women's rehab Team Leaders Team Members Links a central core of full-time employees with surrounding set of networks composed of relationships to outside contractors and partners that supply essential services Social Networks Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In, G-mail, and Career Services Website People Networking Board of Trustees, ROTC, School of Business Mentorship Program, and sports Examples: Network Structure (cc) photo by Metro Centric on Flickr Combines the functional and divisional structures to try to gain the advantage of each doodles Divisional Structure notes Budapest San Francisco Example: Notes Stockholm (cc) photo by jimmyharris on Flickr (cc) photo by Franco Folini on Flickr Double click to crop it if necessary Matrix Structure Definition: Definition: Definition Structure! outlook Functional Structure Definition: photo frame Place your own picture behind this frame! (cc) photo by Metro Centric on Flickr details Assets map Definition: Important Details Example: Team Structure