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1 Organizational Structures

1 Organizational Structures

110 General Information

111 Purpose

111.1 Objectives

111.2 Chapter Content

111.3 Importance of Concepts

112 Responsibilities

112.1 Headquarters

112.2 Areas

112.3 Managers

113 Definitions

113.1 Organizational Terms

113.2 Basic Managerial Positions

113.3 Organizational Entities

113.4 Disabled and Disability

114 Documentation in Organization Charts

120 Structures and Staffing

121 Overview

122 Structuring Principles

123 Standard Structures

123.1 Characteristics

123.2 Installations

124 Specialized Structures

125 Staffing

125.1 Staffing Overview

125.2 Staffing Criteria

125.3 Staffing Matrices

130 Organizational Change Criteria

131 Workload Increase or Decrease

131.1 Increased Work

131.2 Decreased Work

132 Change in Nature of Work

133 Duplication of Functional Responsibility

134 Inappropriate Reporting Relationships

134.1 Hierarchy of Responsibility

134.2 Contingent Work Relationships

135 Unconnected Work

136 Inappropriate Span of Control

136.1 Factors

136.2 Considerations

137 Change in Basic Mission

138 Reduction of Expenses

139 Completion of Transition

140 Organizational Change Analysis

141 Analysis of Work Requirements

141.1 Nature of Functions

141.2 Volume of Work

141.3 Performance Standards

142 Analysis of Skill Requirements

142.1 Purpose

142.2 Method

143 Analysis of Functional Relationships

143.1 Basic Factors

143.2 Additional Factors

144 Identification of Discrepancies

144.1 Design of Model

144.2 Comparison With Existing Organization

150 Organizational Change Process

151 Performance Problems

152 Reasons for Making Organizational Changes

153 Types of Organizational Changes

153.1 General

153.2 Major Organizational Changes

153.3 Minor Organizational Changes

154 Submitting Requests

154.1 Field Units

154.2 Headquarters Units

155 Documenting Requests

155.1 Major Organizational Changes

155.2 Minor Organizational Change

156 Approval Authority

156.1 Field

156.2 Headquarters

157 Disposition of Requests

157.1 Customer Requirements, Employee Resource Management

157.2 Districts

157.3 Implementation Guidelines

160 Monitoring and Assessment

161 Organization Management Staffing System

161.1 Explanation

161.2 Reports Generated

161.3 Administrative Responsibility

162 Organization, Staffing, and Position Reviews

162.1 Responsibility

162.2 Purpose

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