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Examine the various organisational structures in an organisation

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    This paper examines the various types of organizational structures in an organization. The organizational structure of a company is defined to mean the various ways through which an organization's activities are organized and conducted. These structures highly determine the productivity of an organization. The organizational structure facilitates decision-making in an organization, it ensures that the organization reacts properly to both the external and internal factors affecting the organization. There are a number of factors that influence the structure of organizations depending on the objectives and culture. What are the benefits of organizational structure? These structures are important because they help in determining the various ways through which an organization will conduct its business and how it will achieve its objectives. The organizational structure ensures that everyone in the organization is allocated responsibility for the different functions to be carried out. What are the types of organizational structures? The different types of organizational structures are hierarchical, flat, flatarchy, functional, divisional, and matrix. Organizational structure may be tall; here an organization has many levels of organization and supervision, it may be a flat structure where it has few levels of management between the executives and employees, and it may also be hierarchical where command or management comes from the top among others which are going to be discussed in detail the following sections of this paper. 

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    By the end of the case, students should be able to:

    • Understand what organizational structure is.
    • Understand the various organizational structures and how they impact the efficiency of any company
    • Apply organizational structure to practice

     

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    What is the organizational structure of a company and its functions? Organizational structure plays a significant part in the performance of a company. Organizational structure is defined as the various ways through which an organisation's activities are organized and conducted. This structure is highly concerned with an organization’s hierarchy and the chain of command which helps an organization in attaining development. Effective organizational structure is about creating a basis that supports the human resource thus creating a culture that enables people in organizations to understand how an organization should be handled. The organizational structure ensures that everyone in the organization is allocated responsibility for the different functions to be carried out. What are the types of organization structures briefly define each and give examples. The organizational structure has a number of structures namely;(a) the tall structure where an organization has many levels of organization and supervision, (b) the flat structure where it has few levels of management between the executives and employees, (c) hierarchical where command or management comes from the top among others which are going to be discussed in detail the following sections of this paper. 

    What are the types of organizational structures and their importance? The different types of organizational structure are hierarchical, flat, flatarchy, functional, divisional, and matrix which are to be addressed in detail in the following sections of this essay. Organizational structure has an important role in the performance of a company. While the organizational structure is often associated with the hierarchy and the chain of command that aids in the organization of complex networks of people and resources, it's more than just this. The right organizational structure is an essential cornerstone for the success of organizations primarily because it has the ability to shape the attitudes and behavior of the entire human resource in the same way that the groups and teams they operate in, can.

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