Organizational Structures

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Across
  1. 1. The grouping of individuals into departments based on work functions, product or service, target , geographic territory and process used to create products
  2. 5. A structure to arrange group jobs based on specific tasks in order to enhance efficiency; increase the effectiveness of communication and reporting
  3. 7. Structures that are clearly defined and organized; can be found in any size business
  4. 9. When decisions are made by individuals closest to the problem; more conductive to making changes in a process
  5. 11. A non-elaborate structure; has little formalization; has a centralized authority
  6. 12. Departmentalization that groups activities around common customer categories; uses the assumption that customers in each department have a common set of problems and needs can be met by having specialists for each
  7. 13. An organization that combines the elements of a functional and product-based departmentalization creating duel chain of command; employees have at least two bosses; authority is shared between two supervisors; involves irregular communication
  8. 14. Occurs when only a select few people at the top of an organization make decisions
  9. 15. Produce an organizations goods and services
Down
  1. 2. The rights of supervisory position to give orders; one persons position over another
  2. 3. Laid back and unrefined structures that involve employees completing tasks which may not fit their job description; normally found in smaller businesses with fewer employees
  3. 4. A systematic grouping of individuals which have been brough together to accomplish a common goal
  4. 6. Part of an organizations management team, oversee the work of operative employees; are the only managers who do not manage other managers; considered first level managers
  5. 8. An organization not defined or limited by boundaries or categories imposed by traditional structure; blurs boundaries surrounding an organization by increasing its interdependence with its environment
  6. 10. The number of employees a supervisor can direct; varies from supervisor to supervisor