15-3 Organizational Structure and Design Manager Subordinate Subordinate Subordinate Organizational Design Purposeful and goal-oriented process Decisions/actions to predetermine the way employees do their work Organizational Structure Relatively stable relationships and processes of the organization The anatomy of the organization providing a foundation within which the organization functions e Purpose is to regulate, or at least reduce, uncertainty Mcgraw-hillarwin Copyright o 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reservedMcGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 15-3 Organizational Structure and Design Organizational Design ⚫ Purposeful and goal-oriented process ⚫ Decisions/actions to predetermine the way employees do their work Organizational Structure ⚫ Relatively stable relationships and processes of the organization. ⚫ “The anatomy of the organization, providing a foundation within which the organization functions.” ⚫ Purpose is to regulate, or at least reduce, uncertainty. Subordinate Subordinate Subordinate Manager