tailieunhanh - Lecture Personnel economics in practice Chapter 6: Organizational structure

On completing this chapter, you will gain an economic perspective on: A range of organizational structures, the effects of structures on costs and decisions, other coordinating mechanisms, combined decision making, the relationship between organizational structure and firm strategy. | Chapter 6: Organizational Structure 11/13/2014 1 Chapter 6: Organizational Structure Types of Organizational Structures Hierarchy Functional Structure Divisional Structure Matrix or Project Structure Network Structure Which Structure Should a Firm Use? Coordination Two Types of Coordination Problems Coordination Mechanisms Central Budgeting and Planning Training and Standard Operating Procedures Corporate Culture Communication General Managers, Liaisons, and Job Rotation Personality Networks Performance Evaluation and Incentives Implementation Span of Control and Number of Levels in a Hierarchy Types of Tasks to be Performed Skills of Managers and Subordinates Incentive Problems Costs of Acquiring and Communicating Knowledge Skills, Pay, and Structure Evolution of a Firm’s Structure Summary 11/13/2014 2 Chapter 6: Organizational Structure On completing this chapter, you will gain an economic perspective on: A range of organizational structures The effects of structures on costs and . | Chapter 6: Organizational Structure 11/13/2014 1 Chapter 6: Organizational Structure Types of Organizational Structures Hierarchy Functional Structure Divisional Structure Matrix or Project Structure Network Structure Which Structure Should a Firm Use? Coordination Two Types of Coordination Problems Coordination Mechanisms Central Budgeting and Planning Training and Standard Operating Procedures Corporate Culture Communication General Managers, Liaisons, and Job Rotation Personality Networks Performance Evaluation and Incentives Implementation Span of Control and Number of Levels in a Hierarchy Types of Tasks to be Performed Skills of Managers and Subordinates Incentive Problems Costs of Acquiring and Communicating Knowledge Skills, Pay, and Structure Evolution of a Firm’s Structure Summary 11/13/2014 2 Chapter 6: Organizational Structure On completing this chapter, you will gain an economic perspective on: A range of organizational structures The effects of structures on costs and decisions Other coordinating mechanisms Combined decision making The relationship between organizational structure and firm strategy 11/13/2014 3 Types of Organizational Structures 11/13/2014 4 Hierarchy Take hierarchy seriously – the principle of a single decision maker benefits of team decision making broader skills & knowledge may reduce decision making biases (unless team members are “Yes Men”) can serve as a coordination mechanism (see below) however, it is almost always more efficient for one person to have ultimate authority example: EADS / Airbus 5 11/13/2014 Functions Use a functional structure for specialization people economies of scale in investments in skills extremely unlikely a person can be an expert at many things, so specialization allows better matching of skills to jobs job design specialized jobs tend to increase productivity, often dramatically (below) lowers communication costs with close colleagues simplifies supervision [Jargon warning: Specialization can mean .

• Kinh tế học
• Personnel economics
• Kinh tế học
• Personnel economics in practice
• Organizational structure
• Network structures
• Coordination mechanisms
• Setting hiring standards
• Making decisions
• Imperfect information
• Screening job applicants
• Worker’s productivity
• Signaling more formally
• Investment in skills
• Investments in education
• On the job training
• Rent sharing
• Managing turnover
• Retention strategies
• Bidding for employees
• Decision making
• Benefits of centralization
• Benefits of decentralization
• Job design
• Optimal job design
• Intrinsic motivation
• Advanced job design
• Group decision making
• Implementation of teams
• Performance evaluation
• Performance evaluation design
• Quantitative performance measures
• Rewarding performance
• Pay performance shape
• Performance pay methods
• Career based incentives
• Outside hiring
• Promotion probability
• Employee stock options
• Incentive pay
• Executive pay
• Improving employee sorting
• Implementation of benefits
• Cafeteria plans
• Human capital investment
• Internal markets
• Motivating creativity
• Employment relationship
• Perfect competition
• Imperfect competition
• Complex contracting
• school administration
• personnel administration
• business management
• production management
• personnel management
• Political economy