History

There are 3 versions of this glossary term.
3. Organizational Behavior and Organizational Theory > Organizational Structure
Topic: Organization Structure

Subtopics: Organization charts, vertical hierarchy, reporting relationships, flow of authority, span of control, and (de)centralization, specialization, integration, horizontal coordination, professional bureaucracy, governance, formal and informal organization, interorganizational relationships, matrix management

Learning Objectives:

Undergraduates should be able to:
  1. Describe how managers design organization structure to achieve organizational mission and goals.
  2. Compare/contrast various organization structures such as functional, divisional, matrix, and modular.
  3. Contrast centralized and decentralized organizational structures.
Graduate students should also be able to
  1. Analyze structure problems in health care organizations.
  2. Evaluate the use of various structures to improve performance of various kinds of health care organizations.
Revised By: Kristi Donovan, MS, CAE Revised On: Nov 27, 2012 9:38 AM
Characters Edited: 0 Total: 1584
2. Organizational Behavior and Organizational Theory > Organizational Structure
Topic: Organization Structure

Subtopics: Organization charts, vertical hierarchy, reporting relationships, flow of authority, span of control, and (de)centralization, specialization, integration, horizontal coordination, professional bureaucracy, governance, formal and informal organization, interorganizational relationships, matrix management

Learning Objectives:

Undergraduates should be able to:
  1. Describe how managers design organization structure to achieve organizational mission and goals.
  2. Compare/contrast various organization structures such as functional, divisional, matrix, and modular.
  3. Contrast centralized and decentralized organizational structures.
Graduate students should also be able to
  1. Analyze structure problems in health care organizations.
  2. Evaluate the use of various structures to improve performance of various kinds of health care organizations.
Revised By: Kristi Donovan, MS, CAE Revised On: Nov 21, 2012 11:54 AM
Characters Edited: 1580 Total: 1584
1. Organizational Behavior and Organizational Theory > Organizational Structure

Revised By: Kristi Donovan, MS, CAE Revised On: Nov 21, 2012 11:54 AM
Characters Edited: 0 Total: 4