Organizing assigning tasks grouping tasks into departments and

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Organizing – assigning tasks, grouping tasks into departments, and allocating resources to departments Objective:

Organizing – assigning tasks, grouping tasks into departments, and allocating resources to departments Objective: Explain the Nature of Organizing as a Management Function

How a Business Benefits From the Organizing Management Function • Achieves efficiency by avoiding

How a Business Benefits From the Organizing Management Function • Achieves efficiency by avoiding wasted time, money, and effort • Coordinates work efforts • Provides direction for the business’s departments • Improves employee understanding of job responsibilities • Clarifies authority • Improves employee morale

Major Organizing Activities • Staffing • Budgeting • Directing

Major Organizing Activities • Staffing • Budgeting • Directing

Organizing Decisions • Division of labor: how the work will be split up •

Organizing Decisions • Division of labor: how the work will be split up • Delegation of authority: who is responsible for what • Span of control: how many workers will managers be responsible for

Steps in the Organizing Process • • • Determine work activities that needed to

Steps in the Organizing Process • • • Determine work activities that needed to done Group work activities into logical patterns Assign activities to specific people Allocate needed resources Coordinate activities of the different individuals Evaluate the results of the organizing process.

Factors that Affect a Manager’s Organizing Decisions • • Company size Strategy Environmental conditions

Factors that Affect a Manager’s Organizing Decisions • • Company size Strategy Environmental conditions Technology

Results of Poor Organizing • • Confusion Frustration Loss of efficiency Limited effectiveness

Results of Poor Organizing • • Confusion Frustration Loss of efficiency Limited effectiveness

Organization Chart Jan Smith President John Jones Sales Manager Gina Hill Marketing Manager

Organization Chart Jan Smith President John Jones Sales Manager Gina Hill Marketing Manager