3.6.3

Question 1

What are advantages and disadvantages of tall organisational structure?

Answer 1

-messages can take a long time to get from the top to the bottom. Decisions take a long time
-however managers have narrow spans of control, they aren’t responsible for many people therefore can monitor the people below them closely.

Question 2

What are advantages and disadisadvantages of flat structure?

Answer 2

-People are given more responsibility and freedom.
-however managers can get overwhelmed by too many people reporting to them.

Question 3

What is the difference between centralised and decentralised structures?

Answer 3

centralised: all decisions are made by the top authority whereas decentralised it shares out the authority to make decisions between employees.