Organization Assignment

Functional

Organized by key business skills

Pro:
- clear lines of authority
- specialized

Con:
- communication issues
with other departments

Divisional

Organized into departments by customer,
product, geographic and business

Pro:
- more focus on service
and efficient production

Con:
- duplication of roles in departments

Matrix

Organized into cross
functional teams (2 bosses)

Pro:
- improve communication through
the company

Con:
- double workload, double
deadlines (more stress)

Team

Organize into independent teams

Pro:
- improves teamwork
- increases ideas/creativity

Con:
- Not as well organized

Network

outsource to contractors
key responsibilities

Pro:
- save money
- more skilled at job

Con:
- contractors lack loyalty
to your business

Boundary-less

Remove all traditional
barriers/structures

Pro:
- freedom and creativity

Con:
- no clear authority
- difficult to manage

Job Enlargement

Extending the range of job duties and responsibilities

Pros: Increase in company efficiency, employees gain
access to better tech, improvement of skills

Cons: More boredom and stress, bigger workload
increased fatigue

Job Simplification

Job are divided into smaller, simplified tasks

Pros: easier to train staff, easier to supervise staff,
increase in job speed

Cons: More boredom, lower job satisfaction, errors
are more likely to occur

Job Enrichment

Giving employees additional responsibilities that would
otherwise be reserved for higher ranking staff

Pro: Employees learn new skills, reduce boredom
and become more motivated

Con: Lack of training, increases workload
and poor performance

Job Rotation

Employees rotate between jobs within the same business

Pros: Increases variety, eliminated boredom,
encourages development

Cons: costly and time consuming, won't fix all problems

Condensed working week

Allows employees to work 35-40 hour week in
less than the tradtional number of days (5)

Pros: Employee satisfaction, increased productivity
more flexibility to structure work around life

Cons: Physically and mentally draining, lack of coverage
during leave time, more leave time than 9-5 worker

Flextime

Employees choose their own hours, within restrictions

Pros: Attracts more qualified employees, boost
productivity, support company peak time

Cons: Loss of sense of family, planning hours
can become confusing

Telecommuting

Working arrangement in which the employee works outside the office. Employee uses communication links (email, telephone, etc...)

Pros: More freedom in work hours, happier employees

Cons: more isolation, more prone to distractions

Job Sharing

Two people are retained on a part-time/reduced time basis.
They complete a job that is normally completed by a single
full time worker.

Pros: better channels of communication, provides
time of relaxation to employees, learn about
others skills and knowledge

Cons: administrative costs, recruitment troubles,
may have bad partners

Mechanistic

Lots of rules and procedures

Lots of managers = fewer employees
directly under (narrow)

Tall chain of command

High degree of specialization

Few teams

Centralized authority

Formal

Uses functional, divisional and matrix
organizational structures

Pros: Clear organization, clear authority,
easier to stay focused on task

Cons: Less relationship building, low employee
satisfaction, more boredom

Organic

Few rules and procedures

Few managers = more employees
directly under (wide)

Flat chain of command

Flexible - less specialized

Many teams

Decentralized authority

Informal

Uses team, network and boundary-less
organizational structures

Pros: Higher job satisfaction, higher sense
of team, more creativity and flexibility

Cons: Sloppy organization, lack of discipline,
more distraction