(BQ) Part 2 book "Management" has contents: Organisational structure and design, managers and communication, human resource management, understanding individual behaviour, understanding groups and teams, motivating employees, leadership, foundations of control, managing operations. | 4 Organising part 4 10 Organisational structure and design 11 Managers and communication 12 Human resource management Organising is an important task of managers – one that is not always understood or appreciated. However, when the organisation’s goals and plans are in place, the organising function sets in motion the process of seeing that those goals and plans are pursued. When managers organise, they are defining what work needs to get done and creating a structure that enables those work activities to be completed efficiently and effectively. In Part 4, we look at the management function of organising. Chapter 10 introduces the concepts of organisational structure and organisational design. Part of getting an organisation to function well is to make sure communication is flowing up and down the organisational structure, and managers play a crucial part in achieving this. This is what we will look at in Chapter 11. Finally, the organising function involves finding people to fill the jobs that have been created. In Chapter 12, we will therefore discuss the human resource management activities in which managers become involved. Copyright © Pearson Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) 2012 – 9781442538603 - Robbins/Management 6th edition Robbins 6e 2ndpp *Pt4 355 16/6/11 3:43:18 PM Copyright © Pearson Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) 2012 – 9781442538603 - Robbins/Management 6th edition Robbins 6e 2ndpp *Pt4 356 16/6/11 3:43:18 PM Chapter 10 Organisational structure and design Learning outcomes Once managers are done planning, then what? This is when managers need to begin to ‘work the plan’. And the first step in doing that involves designing an appropriate organisational structure. This chapter covers the decisions involved with designing this structure. Focus on the following learning outcomes as you read and study .
