Leadership Vocab Unit 2

3. a diagram that shows the structure of an organization and the relationships and relative ranks of its parts and positions/jobs.
4. style manager shares the decision making with the employees.
5. The continuous chain of authority that links the most associate to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and vice versa.
6. style let it be or hands-off (the term is French for let it be or hands-off)
8. chart people with similar skills are pooled for work assignments
9. The organization is grouped by areas of specialty within different functional areas (e.g., finance, marketing, and engineering)
11. style gives orders to employees.
12. power comes from the top, work can become very fragmented and communication is lost.
14. style manager seeks employee input before he or she makes the final decision.
15. the act of consolidating power under a central control.
18. formal organization is a fixed set of rules of intra-organization procedures and structures; it is usually set out in writing, with a language that leaves little discretion for interpretation.
20. Organization simple organizational structure in which each person reports to one supervisor.
21. chart with few or no levels of intervening management between staff and managers.

1. A horizontal structure provides employees with the tools and skills needed. Cross function (from department to department) communication and creative thinking is encouraged.
2. the spread of power away from the center to local branches.
7. act of managing employees in a business.
10. chart every entity in the organization, except one, is subordinate to a single other entity.
13. responsibility to someone or for some activity.
16. organizational arrangements include individuals of different departments and groups, on the same organizational level and involve coordination and consultation.
17. the power or right to give orders or make decisions.
19. The informal organization is the interlocking social structure that governs how people work together in practice.