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Organizational Structure Of An Organization

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I/ INTRODUCTION: 
 The most important things to run a business smoothly is an appropriate organizational structure in order to manage workers effectively, have maximum productivity and achieve the objectives set by the company. The structure of an organization including the method that an organization employs to delineate lines of communication, policies, authority and responsibilities. It determines the extent and nature of how leadership is disseminated within the organization. It is the method to ensure effective channels of communication. In addition, to ensure the competitiveness, organizations are changing and restructuring in a way that increase flexibility and strengths. The result is the organization called “ flattened in …show more content…

II/ DEFINITION
1.Hierarchical or vertical organization structure:
 A hierarchical organization is an organizational structure like a pyramid- one or a group of people at the top who inform employee of policies and procedures, point out problems that need attention, and offer feedback about performance; then the subsequent levels of people below them, who stay in the bottom of the pyramid. This is the dominant mode of organization among large organizations; most corporations, governments, and organized religions are hierarchical organizations with different levels of management, power or authority. In this traditional structure, the communication process flows through layers, employees receive their works from direct manager, who interprets orders from the higher manager and employees send information about their work back to the direct manager. This structure makes it easy to plan and implement business strategies, that is, if employees stick to the established patterns of communication.

2. Horizontal or flattened organizational structure: A horizontal organization is an organization that has an organizational structure with few or no levels of middle management between staff and executives. The idea is that well-trained workers will be more productive when they are more directly involved in the decision making process, rather than closely supervised by many layers of management. This structure empowered

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