Chapter 7 Worksheet

all departments that an organization requires to produce goods or services
managers decide how to divide tasks into specific jobs
increasing the degree of responsibility a worker has over his or her job
formal system of task and job reporting relationships that determines how employees use resources to achieve organizational goals
Simultaneously groups people and resources by function and by product
use outside suppliers and manufactures to produce goods and services
committee of managers from various divisions who meet to solve specific, mutual problems
number of subordinates who report directly to a manager
organization's chain of command, specifying the relative authority of each manager
someone responsible for managing a specialist function
group of managers brought together from different departments to perform organizational tasks
organizational structure in which each kind of customer is served by a self-contained division
each product line or business is handled by a self-contained division
the organizational structure most managers of a large organizations choose
reducing the number of tasks that each worker performs