HOW INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES ORGANIZE Management Functions & Organization Memory Reed Harris County High School July 2008

Managing Process Memory Reed Harris County High School July 2008 Planning & decision making Organizing, staffing and communicating Motivating & leading Controlling

Planning and Decision Making Memory Reed Harris County High School July 2008 Planning – setting goals & objectives for your organization or department to achieve Decision Making – In order to achieve goals, choices have to be made as to what to do – the manager is responsible for making the decisions

Organizing, Staffing, And Communicating Memory Reed Harris County High School July 2008 Organizing – putting together business operations in logical and meaningful ways. Making sure everything is available to accomplish goals. Staffing – hiring the right people to accomplish organizational goals Communicating – Verbally and nonverbally interacting with people in the organization. It is important that everyone in the organization communicate with one another in order to be able to reach company goals.

Motivating and Leading Memory Reed Harris County High School July 2008 Motivating – Creating the desire to achieve.  Internal – From within the employee such as desire to do a good job or be efficient  External - From outside sources such as an incentive like a bonus or raise Leading – Getting employees to voluntarily want to reach company goals.

Controlling Memory Reed Harris County High School July 2008 Controlling – Regulating the operations of the business. Making sure business activities are going in the right direction by taking preventative action and corrective action. Making sure the business is efficient & productive. Maximize output & minimize input

Types of Organizational Structures Memory Reed Harris County High School July 2008 Organizations have organizational charts that show who is in charge of what and whom Line positions are managerial positions with authority & responsibility over people and resources Staff positions are non- managerial. Tall organizations have many levels Flat organizations have few levels of management Functional Organization Product Organization Geographical Organization

Functional Organization Organized by what people do, organized by departments. President Vice President for Production Product Development Manager Manufacturing Manager Vice President for Customer Service Sales Manager Business Affairs Manager Memory Reed Harris County High School July 2008

Product Organization Useful for companies that sell very different product lines. PresidentVice President Personal Hygiene Products Division Food Division Appliance Division Memory Reed Harris County High School July 2008

Geographical Organization This organization style is often used for global businesses, but is also used for domestic businesses sometimes. Chief Executive Officer Vice President of Eastern Division Asian Operations Manager Southeast Asia & India Operations Manager Vice President of Western Division North & South American Operations Manager European & Middle East Operations Manager Memory Reed Harris County High School July 2008

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Works Cited Dlabay, Les, and James Calvert Scott. International Business 3E. Mason, Ohio: Thomson-Southwestern, Memory Reed Harris County High School July 2008