This document outlines the learning objectives of Chapter Eight, which are to define organizing a business, describe formal and informal organizations, distinguish between line and staff authority, discuss centralized vs decentralized decision making, identify what managers can learn from organization charts, identify principles of organizing, compare advantages and disadvantages of functional, product and territorial structures, and explain matrix organizations.
2. Learning objectives
To define the term organizing.
To describe formal and informal organizations.
To distinguish between line and staff authority.
To discuss centralized versus decentralized decision
making authority.
To identify what a manager can learn about an
organization by reviewing an organization chart.
To identify the principles of organizing.
To compare the advantages and disadvantages of
functional, product and territorial structures.
To explain what types of structures cimbine to form a
matrix organization.