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    This document discusses organizational structures for businesses. It defines key concepts like mission statements, goals, policies, procedures, principles of responsibility, authority, accountability, unity of command, and span of control. It also describes different types of organizational structures including functional and matrix structures. Functional structures group employees by business function while matrix structures organize work around projects requiring cross-functional expertise. The document provides pros and cons of each approach.

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    Intro to Business

    Organizational Structure for Business


    Lesson 5-3
    Designing an Effective
    Business Organization

     Mission Statement
    A short, specific written statement of the reason
    a business exists and what it wants to
    achieve.

    Mission and Vision of Skaggs Community


    Health Center
    Goals – precise statement of results the
    business expects to achieve.

    Used to define what needs to be


    accomplished
    Used to determine if the business is
    successful
     Policies –  Procedures –
    guidelines used in descriptions of the
    making consistent way work is to be
    decisions done

    Effective policies and procedures provide guidance


    and direction to people working in the organization.
    Principles of Effective Organization
     Responsibility – obligation to complete
    specific work.
     Authority – right to make decisions about
    how responsibilities should be
    accomplished
     Accountability – taking responsibility for
    the results achieved
    Principles (cont.)
     Unity of Command – There is a clear
    reporting relationship for all staff of a
    business.

     For each assignment, people need to


    know who the leader is and how decisions
    are made.
    Principles (cont.)
     Span of Control – the number of
    employees who are assigned to a
    particular work task and manager.

     Organizations need to make sure workers


    have a balance of supervision and
    freedom to do their work.
    Types of Organizational Structures
     Organization Chart – diagram that shows
    the structure of an organization,
    classifications of work and jobs, and the
    relationship among those classifications.
    President

    VP of VP of VP of
    Finance Operations Marketing

    National
    Senior Chief
    Sales
    Accountant Auditor
    Manager

    Key
    Account
    Manager
    Functional Organization
    Management
     Work is arranged within main business
    functions such as production, operations,
    marketing and human resources
     People with jobs related to function will
    work together
     Workers report to managers who are
    responsible for that function

     Most businesses use functional style.


    Functional Organization Structure

     Benefit  Drawbacks
     People work with  People become more
    others who have same focused on their
    skills specific function than
    on the success of the
    whole business
     People have little
    interaction with people
    in other parts of the
    business
    Matrix Organizational Structure
     Newer organizational structure
     Work is structured around specific
    projects, products, or customer groups
     People with varied backgrounds work
    together because expertise is required for
    the project
     Assignment may be temporary or long-
    term
    Matrix Organizational Structure
     Benefits  Drawbacks
     Interesting and  Confusing and
    motivating to inefficient without
    employees effective leadership
     Work with many and communication
    different people
     Focus is on specific
    project or task

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