What Is Organizational Structure?

Formalization

Formalization refers to the degree to which jobs within the organization are standardized. An employee in a highly formalized job has little input as to how that job is done, when it's done or how it should be done.

A worker on the assembly line is probably in a highly formalized job, where he doesn't have much say in how he does his job. An accounts payable associate also doesn't have a lot of say in how those many invoices are processed, but her job is probably a little less formalized than the assembly line worker. A sales associate, out calling on customers, may have very little formalization in his job.