3.2 Organisational structures Flashcards
Types of organisational structures (2p)
- Tall
- Flat
Tall organisation structure advantages (3p)
- More opportunities for promotion
- Staff gain more support from their line manager
- Higher degree of supervision
Tall organisation structure disadvantages (2p)
- hierarchy
- expensive
Flat organisational structure advantages
Staff can be empowered to take more responsibility as their is less people
Flat organisational structure disadvantages
Less promotion which may lead to business losing staff
Things that influence organisational structures
- Experience/skill level
- Business size/ age
- Management style
- Culture
- Product
Business size/age (Things that influence organisational structures)
small/new businesses may have a flatter structure due to cost
Management style (Things that influence organisational structures)
- If the manager is authoritative, a smaller span of control and a hierarchical structure would be adopted
Product (Things that influence organisational structures)
- what the business does
eg. military have a tall structure
Culture (Things that influence organisational structures)
- includes values, norms and beliefs
eg. if a business values teamwork, it might adopt a wide flat structure
Matrix structure
Working temporarily with other people from different team
Matrix structure advantages (2p)
- A goof way of having different viewpoints and skills involved in a project
- provides staff with opportunities to learn new skills
Matrix structure disadvantages (2p)
- Expensive
- Team members might have priority issues
