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Note on Organizational Structure Organizations exist to enable a group of people to effectively coordinate their efforts to get things done. The structure includes roles, relationships and procedures to enable coordination. It enables organization members to: * Undertake activities according to a division of labor that defines specialization, standardization and departmentalization of functions. * Coordinate their activities through integrating mechanisms such as hierarchy, rules and procedures and training and socialization. * Define the boundaries of the organization. The note outlines key concepts to design an Organizational Structure, strengths & weaknesses for each form of Organizational Structures, and emerging trends in Organizational Structures. The following issues (able to be willfully manipulated by managers with broad discretion) must be addressed for any Organizational Structures: * Division of labor How should tasks and responsibilities be divided? -specialization of jobs -grouping of activities according to goods & services -whom it supplies -functions, skills and knowledge used to produce goods & services. Caution: highly specialized jobs focus attention and...

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