Chapter 15 Flagged

Question 1

Organisational design

Answer 1

Structure depends on organisation’s needs (goals, type of work, available resources, economic / demographic environment.

Evolutionary process (developed over time to fit current need)

Functional differentiation
Geographic differentiation
Customer differentiation
Product differentiation
Process differentiation

Question 2

Requirements for project organisations (project ‘sits’ within organisation … there must be integration between business and project).

Answer 2

1) Integration of subunits in projects

2) Integration and liaison of roles and teams