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Organisations and Behavior

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(1.1) The organisational structure used in a company is intended to form relationships, motivate, increase productivity, co ordinate and provide direction between employees. According to the business dictionary (2013), an organisational structure is the hierarchical arrangement of lines of authority, communications, rights, and duties of an organisation. It determines how roles, power and responsibilities are assigned, controlled and coordinated and how information flows between different levels of management. A structure depends on the organisation’s objectives and strategy. There are many influences on an organisation’s structure, some of which are: its size, task, staff, age, its culture and management style and its legal, …show more content…

Disadvantages to this structure: conflict between departments is common, it may be costly because each division is considered its own entity, lack of communication between departments and it may result in duplication of resources, as said in a management blog. The culture best associated with this structure would be described as the role culture also known as Apollo. According to the BPP learning media (2010) role culture refers to the classical, rational organisation bureaucracy. [pic] Figure 1.1 Diagram showing the multidivisional structure. The traditional organisation structure, conforming to what is said on Buzzle.com, is those types’ organisational structures that are based on the functional divisions and departments. These kinds of structures follow the organisation’s rules and procedures; they are characterized by having precise authority lines for all levels of management. This is a centralised degree of authority. Whereas the contemporary structure has a wide span of control the traditional structure can be referred to as a tall organisation with a large number of management hierarchies which leads to a narrow span of control. There is a strict specialization of jobs unlike in the contemporary design where there is a ‘jobless’ structure. ** The scalar chain of command

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