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The nine (9) major organizing concepts and their influence on decisions are critical to understanding the dynamics of your organization. Think of a current situation in your organization and describe how each principle influences the organizational behavior
The nine major concepts of organizing and how each principle influences the organizational behavior on my organization, a multinational publishing company are detailed below-
1. Work Specialization- is the division of labor. My company has divided their tasks based on books and journals. Journal Managers with specific skills are assigned to perform the journal tasks.
2. Chain of Command – The line of authority as to whom reports to whom. The Journal Managers report to their respective Team Managers.
3. Unity of Command
4. Scalar Principle – There should be clear-cut and chain of command without any breakage. This is then linked with the higher levels of authority including their top most manager in the organization. In my company, the Team Manager reports to the Manager of the journal department’s head.
5. Authority – is the formal rights of the manager who is provided with rights to make decisions, give orders and allocation of resources. The Journal Manager are given freedom of judgment to take decisions.
6. Delegation- It is the delegation of authority from manager to subordinate. The Team Manager delegates authority to the Journal Managers.
7. Span of Control- refers to the number of employees who need to report to their respective managers. In my publishing company, there are about 12-15 Journal Managers reporting to a single Team Manager.
8. Centralization- The power of authority is concentrated to higher levels. The Head of the Department (site head) has the power to take decisions. Journal Managers are provided limited authority to do what they aspire to do.
9. Decentralization- authority is spread across the lower levels of the organization. The Journal Manager is provided authority to take decisions regarding production of the journals.
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