Functional Departmentalization- Putting jobs that do similar activities together into a
single department Functional departmentalization - Grouping activities by functions performed. Activities can be grouped according to function (work being done) to pursue economies of scale by placing employees with shared skills and knowledge into departments for example human resources, IT, accounting, manufacturing, logistics, marketing, and engineering. Functional departmentalization can be used in all types of organizations.
With departmentalization, managers can isolate problems within the organization quicker. One disadvantage is the fact that departmentalization discourages cooperation among departments.
employees are able to focus on unique customer need
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Primary distribution overhead cost is also called Departmentalization of overheads. It involves apportionment and allocation of overhead costs in the service and production departments.
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Departmentalization refers to dividing a given organization into different departments so as to perform specific tasks according to their specialization. Examples of departmentalization in an organization includes geographical, product and functional.
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a functional organisation is departmentalized on basis of different functions that are carried in running the organisation e.g. Sales, Marketing, Finance, Customer Assistance, A product organisation is departmentalized on basis of different product it produces e.g. an organisation like unilever can have a toothpaste department, Washing Powder Department etc. Same goes with the Brand departmentalization like Vaseline and Ponds. Some functional departmentalization is usually retained in Product/Brand Departmentalization such as central manufacturing department, Customer Assistance department etc.
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How has departmentalization been established at Nestle?
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With departmentalization, managers can isolate problems within the organization quicker. One disadvantage is the fact that departmentalization discourages cooperation among departments.
what are advantages & disadvantages of departmentalization by function
Departmentalization is the division of the work load by allocating tasks to specific departments. This means that a department that manufactures a product has nothing to do with ordering the material to make the product.
The advantage of product departmentalization is that everything related is one area. It makes the workplace run better because everything needed is in one area.