{"id":207457,"date":"2018-11-09T04:13:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T03:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/2018\/11\/09\/structure-of-organisation\/"},"modified":"2019-04-18T17:50:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T16:50:57","slug":"structure-of-organisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/structure-of-organisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Structure of organisation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFormal organisational structures are categorised
\nas:<\/span><\/div>\n
\n(i) Line organisational structure.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n(ii) Staff or functional authority organisational
\nstructure.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n(iii) Line and staff organisational structure.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n(iv) Committee organisational structure.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n(v) Divisional organisational structure.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n(vi) Project organisational structure.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n(vii) Matrix organisational structure and<\/span><\/div>\n
\n(viii) Hybrid organisational structure.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/div>\n
\n1. Line Organisational Structure<\/span><\/b>: <\/span><\/div>\n
\nA line organisation has only direct, vertical
\nrelationships between different levels in the firm. There are only line
\ndepartments-departments directly involved in accomplishing the primary goal of
\nthe organisation. For example, in a typical firm, line departments include
\nproduction and marketing. In a line organisation authority follows the chain of
\ncommand.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n2. Staff or Functional Authority
\nOrganisational Structure <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\nThe jobs or positions in an organisation can be
\ncategorized as:<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n(i) Line position<\/span><\/b>:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\nA position in the direct chain of command that is
\nresponsible for the achievement of an organisation\u2019s goals and<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n(ii) Staff position<\/span><\/b>:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\nA position intended to provide expertise, advice
\nand support for the line positions. The line officers or managers have the direct
\nauthority (known as line authority) to be exercised by them to achieve the
\norganisational goals. The staff officers or managers have staff authority
\n(i.e., authority to advice the line) over the line. This is also known as
\nfunctional authority. An organisation where staff departments have authority
\nover line personnel in narrow areas of specialization is known as functional
\nauthority organisation. <\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nIn the line organisation, the line managers cannot
\nbe experts in all the functions they are required to perform. But in the
\nfunctional authority organisation, staff personnel who are specialists in some
\nfields are given functional authority (The right of staff specialists to issue
\norders in their own names in designated areas).<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThe principle of unity of command is violated when
\nfunctional authority exists i.e., a worker or a group of workers may have to
\nreceive instructions or orders from the line supervisor as well as the staff
\nspecialist which may result in confusion and the conflicting orders from multiple
\nsources may lead to increased ineffectiveness. Some staff specialists may exert
\ndirect authority over the line personnel, rather than exert advice authority
\n(for example, quality control inspector may direct the worker as well as advise
\nin matters related to quality).<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n3. Line and Staff Organisational
\nStructure: <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\nMost large organisations belong to this type of
\norganisational structure. These organisations have direct, vertical
\nrelationships between different levels and also specialists responsible for advising
\nand assisting line managers. Such organisations have both line and staff
\ndepartments. Staff departments provide line people with advice and assistance
\nin specialized areas (for example, quality control advising production
\ndepartment).<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n4. Divisional Organisational
\nStructure: <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\nIn this type of structure, the organisation can
\nhave different basis on which departments are formed. They are:<\/span><\/div>\n
\n(i) Function,<\/span><\/div>\n
\n(ii) Product,<\/span><\/div>\n
\n(iii) Geographic territory,<\/span><\/div>\n
\n(iv) Project and<\/span><\/div>\n
\n(iv) Combination approach.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n5. Project Organisational
\nStructure: <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\nThe line, line and staff and functional authority
\norganisational structures facilitate establishment and distribution of
\nauthority for vertical coordination and control rather than horizontal
\nrelationships. In some projects (complex activity consisting of a number of
\ninterdependent and independent activities) work process may flow horizontally,
\ndiagonally, upwards and downwards. The direction of work flow depends on the
\ndistribution of talents and abilities in the organisation and the need to apply
\nthem to the problem that exists. The cope up with such situations, project
\norganisations and matrix organisations have emerged.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nA project organisation is a temporary organisation
\ndesigned to achieve specific results by using teams of specialists from
\ndifferent functional areas in the organisation. The project team focuses all
\nits energies, resources and results on the assigned project. Once the project
\nhas been completed, the team members from various cross functional departments
\nmay go back to their previous positions or may be assigned to a new project.
\nSome of the examples of projects are: research and development projects,
\nproduct development, construction of a new plant, housing complex, shopping
\ncomplex, bridge etc.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n6. Matrix Organisational
\nStructure: <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\nIt is a permanent organisation designed to achieve
\nspecific results by using teams of specialists from different functional areas
\nin the organisation. <\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n7. Hybrid Organisational
\nStructure:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\nIt is a
\nmixture of different organizational structures.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Formal organisational structures are categorised as: (i) Line organisational structure. (ii) Staff or functional authority organisational structure. (iii) Line and staff organisational structure. (iv) Committee organisational structure. (v) Divisional organisational structure. (vi) Project organisational structure. (vii) Matrix organisational structure and (viii) Hybrid organisational structure. 1. Line Organisational Structure: A line organisation has only direct, vertical…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[106],"class_list":["post-207457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-social"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}