Organizational Structure

What are the pros & cons of a hierarchical structure?

(In this type of structure, every employee has a supervisor.)

What are some pros & cons of a flat structure?

(Organizations that have the least number of levels of hierarchy. They usually have no middle management, and the executives are directly in touch with the staff.)

What are some pros & cons of a Matrix organizational structure?

(Members in different departments usually team up to work on company projects. The team members usually have more than 1 manager (department manager & project manager))

What are the pros & cons of Divisional Organizational Structure?

(In this structure, each organizational function forms a division and they work autonomously with their own resources. Divisions could be formed as market-based, product-based, or geography-based according to the needs of the company.)

What are the pros & cons of a Functional Organizational Structure?

(This structure resembles the traditional hierarchical structure. The organization is divided into smaller departments that work for particular fields of operation.)

What are the pros and cons of a Team-Based Organizational Structure?

(In such a structure, employees proactively come together and form groups in order to fulfill their tasks that serve a common goal.)

What are some pros & cons of a Network-Based Organizational Structure?

(Network-based organizational structure is a contemporary way of configuration. It allows a central organization to work with various types of external organizations for its needs.

The communication between the organizations relies on mutual reliance and interest rather than hierarchy.)

Which one will work best?

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Why do we have different structure? Managers will base on which factors to design a structure?

When you design a structure, which factors do you have to consider/care about?