Vocab

4. structure: The company’s configuration of employees for accomplishing specific business tasks; how the business is organized
10. The way departments are defined and arranged
11. structure: An organizational design in which the firm is broken into traditional departments, each with its own set of responsibilities and activities (marketing, operations, sales, IT, etc.)
12. principle: Creating authority that flows in a clear, continuous line
13. of command: A principle that states that no employee should answer to more than one supervisor at a time
14. The management function of setting up the way the business's work will be done

1. structure: An organizational design in which the firm is broken down into units according to factors such as product, process, territory, customer type, etc.
2. structure: An organizational design that combines the traditional functional structure with the divisional structure
3. chart: A graphical representation of the flow of authority within the organization
5. formally granted influence of an individual to make decisions, pursue goals, and obtain the resources necessary to support those decisions and goals
6. An employee’s narrow focus on one task or area of expertise
7. of command/ The flow of authority within an organization
8. of control: The measurement of how many workers are supervised by one manager
9. of labor: The process of dividing a large job into units, or job tasks, and assigning an individual to do each of the tasks