Subject: Business Studies
Organizational structure is the network of authority and responsibility to the member. It is the mechanism that highlights position, department, and level of management. The structure is selected according to its requirements.
Organizing is a process of maintaining the flow of work and information and grouping of activities, identification of authority and responsibility of employees in the organization. Various steps of organizing process are as follows:
Organizational structure is the network of authority and responsibility to the member. It is the mechanism that highlights position, department, and level of management. The structure is selected according to its requirements. Normally, the structure depends on the size of the organization. The common structure of the organization is as follows:
References:
Pokhrel, Dhurb Raj et.al., Business Studies-XII, Asmita Book Publication, Kathmandu
Poudyal, Santosh Raj et.al., Business Studies-XII, Asmita Book Publication, Kathmandu
Bhandari, Kedar Prasad, Business Studies-XII, Bundipuran Prakashan, Kathmandu
Process of Organizing
Importance of Organizing as Management Function
Explain the process of organizing.
Organizing is a process of maintaining the flow of work and information and grouping of activities, identification of authority and responsibility of employees in the organization. Various steps of organizing process are as follows:
Explain line organizational structure.
Line organizational structure is the simplest and oldest forms of organizational structure. It is also known as a military organization because it is developed by the military. The line of authority flows vertically from top most executive to the lowest subordinates. It means order and instructions, communication, etc . flows upward to the manager. In this structure, there is direct lineup authority from top to bottom level though unbroken chain. It has a good working relationship between superior to subordinate level, i.e. from top to bottom. The principle of unity of command, scalar chain, a span of control, etc is strictly followed in this structure. The authority responsibility is clearly established. All managers in line organization have full authority to decide things and act with respect to their related functions. In this organization, every employee knows to whom he/she is responsible and from whom they receive their orders.shown:
Explain the line and staff organization.
Line and staff organizational structure is the next type of organizational structure. It is an extended form of line organizational structure. In such organization, there is line authority and staff authority. It means the line manager and staff manager both is involved in performing the managerial activity. According to this administrative organization, specialized and supportive activities are attached to the line of command by appointing staff supervisors and staff specialists who are attached to the line authority. The division of work and specialization takes place in line and staff organization. The whole organization is divided into different functional areas to which staff specialist are attached.
The functional staffs are responsible for preparation of plan while line authorities are responsible for implementation of the prepared plan. Functional staffs are involved in only advisory work and have no authority to give action to the line manager and subordinates. Following is the diagram of line and staff organizational structure:
Explain the importance of the organizing?
The process of identifying and grouping of the work that needs to be performed, defining and delegating responsibility and authority to make the different people work together to accomplish the organizational objectives is said to be an organizing process. It can be summarized as:
Merits of Line Organisation Structure
However, some of the benefits of the line organization structure include effective management, flexibility in operation, etc.
Demerits of Line Organization Structure
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