Khamis, 20 Januari 2011

Types of Structures in the Organization

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The organization structures allow us to organize and deploy resources, and define job activities, responsibilities, and accountabilities. Moreover, they also provide us for decision making and flowing information that establishes the power structure and influences the identity and the corporate image of the organization. Broadly speaking, there are six model structures in the organization as follow (Carnall, 2003, pp. 52-55):
A. Simple/Entrepreneurial structure: This typically depends on the owner of the business. He/she makes a decision and undertakes much of the work whereas the employees are taken to carry out the specific tasks. There is no identifiable structure, but it is a kind of flexible organization.  
B. Functional structure: This is related to grouping. Similar activities are grouped into departments such as personnel, marketing, finance, operations and others, and these will be overseen by the managing directors or general managers.
C. Product structure: The activity is grouped around products, services and markets, and each group will have its own specialist. The personnel may remain functionally organized, reporting directly to the management committee or board, along the product groups.
D. Divisional structure: It involves breaking the organization down into relatively autonomous units, called division. Each division may serve a particular product or market, and it will have own divisional chief on functional, product or even matrix lines.
E. Matrix structure: It is the combination between market and function that provide the importance through the organizational structure, and the structure gives each equal importance.
F. Federal structure: This structure carries the decentralization of the divisional structure a stage further. The groups establish strategic business units for each product market and control them from the center without intervening divisional structure.

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