What Is Organizational Structure?
Read this article for an overview of why a company might select different organizational structures. You will review the elements of an organizational structure, including departmentalization, the chain of command, and the span of control.
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.