Organisational Structures

Organisational Structures

Business can adopt a number of structures according to the size of the organisation, the environment in which operates and the personal preferences of the owners and senior managers.

Formal or traditional hierarchies

This structure gives all employees a clearly defined role, as well as establishing their relationships with other employees in the business. It is common for this type of organisation structure to be based on departments and because of the dependence upon agreed procedures it can be bureaucratic.

This type of structure normally has a number of other associated features:

· It is a relatively “tall” hierarchy with narrow spans of control
· The organisation will be centralised with the most important decision taken by senior managers
· Hierarchy is important and senior managers expect to be treated with respect
· Tradition is important and change is often implement slowly

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