MGMT- Organizing

• What do we think when talking about organizing?

  - Organizing tasks into positions

  
  

  - Organizational chart
• What positions are in the organizational chart?

  Line and staff positions.
• What does the line in the organizational chart mean?

  - Position of authority to achieve the goals of the organization

  
  

  Ex: Nurse
• What does the staff in the organizational chart mean?

  - Provides assistance to line positions

  
  

  Ex: I.T
• Does the Organizational Chart show degree of authority?


  No, it does not.
• Can you tell me which of the positions has a straight line and which has a dotted line?

  Line= Straight line

  
  

  Staff= Dotted Line
• What does Chain of command mean and does it show degree of authority?


  - There are people on the top and people on the bottom.

  
  

  - Yes, it shows degree of authority
• What does Unity of Command mean?

  Going back to the same Boss
• What does Span of control means?

  Number of employees each manager is responsible for managing.
• How many types for Span of control is out there?

  1- Narrow Span

  2- Wide Span
• What does Narrow span mean?

  - For newly hired employees

  
  

  - It means the manager has to manage a few employees (Small/narrow triangle).
• What does Wide span mean?

  - For highly trained employees

  
  

  -It means the manager can manage a lot of employees (Big/wide triangle).
• What does the phrase "Work simplification procedures" mean?

  There is a better way of doing things
• List the work simplification procedures:

  Motion Economy

  Occurrence sampling

  Flow diagram.

  Process charts.

  Cross charts

  Operational chart
• What is Motion Economy?

  Reduce motions (human body, arranging workplaces or tools/equipment).

  
  

  Ex: Handing hands a certain way on a keyboard will help
• What is occurrence sampling?

  -Observing randomly to determine time idle (lost) versus working
• What is a flow diagram?

  -Step-by-step process

  
  

  OR

  
  

  The path of a worker during a process

  
  

  ex: Tray line worker
• What is a cross chart?

  Movement of equipment

  
  

  Ex: Moving equipment in your kitchen
• What is a process chart?


  Step-by-step process in the form of symbols
• What is an operational chart?

  Takes a single step in the process chart and shows the movement of both hands to reduce transportation.

  
  

  Ex: How hands should be with food tray