2. What is Organizing?
Identification &
classification
Grouping of activities to
attain objectives
Assignment of each group
to a manager
Coordination –
horizontally & Vertically
4. Example of formal & informal
President
Vice-
president
Division
manager
Dpt.
manager
Dpt.
manager
Division
manager
Vice-
President
Division
manager
Division
manager
Vice-
President
Division
manager
Division
manager
Play cricket every weekend
Play chess every Sunday
Informal
organization
5. Organization with narrow span
Advantages:
1. Close supervision
2. Close control
3. Fast communication
Disadvantages:
1.Superiors interfere in subordinates work
2. High costs
3. Distance between lowest and highest
level
6. Organization with wide span
Advantage:
1. Superiors are forced to delegate
2. Clear policies should be made
3. Subordinates must be carefully
selected
Disadvantage:
1. Requires good quality managers
2. Superior’s loss of control
3. Superiors make decisions
excessively
10. Departmentation by Territory or
Geography:
Grouping activities according to the areas
President
Marketing Personnel Finance FinancePurchasing
Western
region
Central
region
Eastern
region
South-
east
South-
west
engineering production accounting Sales
11. Departmentation by Enterprise function:
Grouping activities according to the functions
President
Assistant
Marketing
Market
Research
Advertising &
Promotion
Engineering
Electrical
Mechanical
Finance
Planning
Budget
Personnel
14. AUTHORITY
• Right in a
position to
exercise
discretion
POWER
• Ability to
induce the
beliefs
EMPOWERMENT
• Giving Powers to
take actions
• Without asking
superiors for
permission
15. • Affects business
directly
• Eg: Operations,
Marketing
LINE
• Affects business
Indirectly, Advisory
functions
• Eg: HR, Finance
STAFF