City of Colfax Planning Commission will hold it's monthly scheduled meeting on Thursday March 9th at 5:00 p.m. Anyone needing assistance to participate please contact City Hall by 4:00 p.m. March 9th.
Departmentalization Grouping departments based on work functions, product or service, target customer or client, geographic territory, or the process used to turn inputs into outputs. Departmentalization Functional Grouping activities into independent units based on functions performed. (Manufacturing, Research, Accounting, HR, Legal) Product Grouping activities into independent units based on problems or issues relating to a product. (Detergent, Toothpaste, Deodorant, Coffee, Aspirin) Departmentalization Geography Grouping activities into independent units based on geography or territory.
This division of labor into small, specific tasks and the assignment of employees to do a single task is called specialization. The rationale for specialization is efficiency: It minimizes the time lost when workers shift from one task to another, and it facilitates training.