Departmentalization (Elements in organizational design) and 5 types. Traditional view and today’s view,”How jobs are grouped together.Traditional view:1. Functional departmentalization is grouping activities by functions performed. 2. Product departmentalization is grouping activities by major product areas.3. Customer departmentalization: grouping activities by type of customer.4. Geographic departmentalization: based on location served 5. Process departmentalization: grouping activities on the basis of work or customer flow.Today’s view: many organizations nowadays use cross-functional teams
which are teams made up of individuals from various departments and that cross traditional department lines. These are useful since tasks are becoming more complex.”