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# Organizational Structure

A visual representation of an organization's structure which shows what employees do what, decision making style, span of control and chain of command.

Types

Functional Organizational Structure

It departmentalizes an organization based on the job functions, such as, finance, marketing, human resource, management, operational and IT.
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Product Based Structure

It departmentalizes an organization based on products. it is ideal for companies dealing with multiple specialized products
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Market Based Structure

It departmentalizes an organization based on markets, industries or customers
Such as, organizations which are dealing with consumer market and industrial market at same time.

Geographical Structure

Divisions of an organizational structure on the basis of geography
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Flat Structure

Employees are only few steps away from leaders and decision making is centralized.

Tall Structure

Multiple layers of reporting and decentralized decision making.
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How is it Different from Large Setups

  • Blur organizational structures
  • Centralized decision making
  • Multiple roles of managers
  • Need of growing firms
  • Lack of R&D and human resource development
  • Flexibility of organizational structure