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Essentials of Management
HSS-302/401
Functions of Management
Learning Objectives
What is Management
Summary
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confidence of management corrective action
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Organizing as a Function of Management
Learning Objectives
What is Organizing
Nature of Organizing
Components of Organizing
Steps of Organizing
Benefits of Organizing
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What is Organizing?
Organizing involves:
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Nature of Organizing
Composition of
Individuals &
Differentiated Groups
Functions Division of Work
Intangible
& Specialization
Continuity
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Components of Organizing
Division of Labour
Assigning responsibility for each
activity to an individual / group. It
Division becomes Specialization when the
of Labour responsibility for a specific task lies
with a designated expert in that field.
Delegation of Authority
Process managers use delegation to
transfer authority to positions below
them. Organizations today tend to
Span of Components of Delegation of encourage delegation from highest to
lowest possible levels. It improves
Control Organizing Authority
flexibility.
Departmentation
It is the basis on which individuals are
grouped into departments and
departments into total organizations.
Span of Control
Departmentation It refers to the number of subordinates
a supervisor has.Factors that affect
span of control are Geographical
Location, Capability of workers, and
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Organizing as Function of Management
Building relationship
between authority and
responsibility
Classification of the
Organizinzing the authority
activities
Identification of activities of
the organization
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BUSINESS NETWORK
Benefits of Organizing
Optimum utilization
of Resources
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Nature and purpose of Organizing
Verifiable objectives
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Formal and informal organization
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Formal and informal organization
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Formal and informal organization
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Tall and flat organizations
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Tall and flat organizations
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Span of control
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Factors effecting span of control
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Factors effecting span of control
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Supervisor, subordinate relations
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Patterns of departmentation
2. Departmentation by Time
4. Departmentation by Territory/Geography
5. Departmentation by Product
6. Process/Equipment Departmentation
7. Customer Departmentation
8. Matrix Departmentation
Departmentation by numbers
Strengths Weakness
Allows economies of scale within Slow response time to
functional departments environmental changes
Enables in-depth knowledge and May cause decisions to pile on top,
skill development hierarchy overload
Enables organization to accomplish Leads to poor horizontal
functional goals coordination among departments
Is best with only one or a few Results in less innovation
products Involves restricted view of
organizational goals
Geographical departmentation
Geographical departmentation
Advantages Limitations
Places responsibility at the lower levels. Requires more persons with G.M
Places emphasis on local markets & local abilities.
problems. Tends to make maintenance of
Improves co-ordination in a region. economic central services difficult.
Takes advantages of economies of local Increases problem of top management
operation. control.
Better face to face communication with
local interests.
Furnishes measurable training ground
for general managers.
Departmentation by process/
equipment
Departmentation by customer
E.g.: A food product company may choose to divide its operations into a frozen food
department, a dairy products department, a produce department, and the like.
Product departmentation can also be a useful guide for grouping activities in service
businesses.
Matrix structure departmentation
Matrix structure departmentation
Advantages:
Oriented towards end results
Professional identification is maintained
Pinpoints product profit responsibility
Disadvantages:
Unity of command is violated
Conflict in organization authority exists
Requires manager effective in human relations
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Matrix structure departmentation
Responsibility: Duty or
responsibility is used in many
senses. It means obligation,
liability, or activity or
accountability.