Organizational structure

thumb|The headquarters of the United Nations in [[Midtown Manhattan, New York City]] Headquarters (often referred to as HQ) notes the location where most or all of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. The term is used in a wide variety of situations, including private sector corporations, non-profits, military organizations, religious groups, sports leagues and so on. It usually implies a geographically dispersed organization with a clear hierarchical structure.

in an organisation, defines how activities such as task allocation and supervision are directed towards the achievement of its aims

diagram that shows the structure of an organization and the relationships and relative ranks of its parts and positions/jobs

member of a body who is part of it by virtue of holding another office

Holacracy is a method of decentralized management and organizational governance, which claims to distribute authority and decision-making through a holarchy of self-organizing teams rather than being vested in a management hierarchy. Holacracy has been adopted by for-profit and non-profit organizations in several countries. This can be seen as a greater movement within organisational design to cope with increasingly complex social environments, that promises a greater degree of transparency, effectiveness and agility.

theory of organizational decison-making

arrangement which involves workers making decisions, sharing responsibility and authority in the workplace

thumb|Diagram, proposed by Henry Mintzberg, showing the main parts of organisation, including technostructure Technostructure is the group of technicians, analysts within an organisation (enterprise, administrative body) with considerable influence and control on its economy. The term was coined by the economist John Kenneth Galbraith in The New Industrial State (1967). It usually refers to managerial capitalism where the managers and other company leading administrators, scientists, or lawyers retain more power and influence than the shareholders in the decisional and directional process.

organizational structure where every entity in the organization, except one, is subordinate to a single other entity

Names given to different types of functions in organizations

Departmentalization (or departmentalisation) refers to the process of "grouping the organizational activities and structure into departments". Division of labour creates specialists who need coordination and the coordination is facilitated by grouping specialists together in departments.

type of organizational structure

1972 essay by Jo Freeman

place used to provide centralized command

approaches to radically increase openness of organizational process and data

Followership are the actions of someone in a subordinate role. It may also be considered as particular services that can help the leader, a role within a hierarchical organization, a social construct that is integral to the leadership process, or the behaviors engaged in while interacting with leaders in an effort to meet organizational objectives. As such, followership is best defined as an intentional practice on the part of the subordinate to enhance the synergetic interchange between the follower and the leader.