Organizational Structure Part 4

• Models of Organizational Structure
• Bureaucratic
• Specialization
• Division of Labor
• Hierarchical Arrangements of Position
• Impersonal Relationships & Rules
• Vertical
• Key Characteristics
• Traditional Organizational Structure
• Power is Centralized
• Employees have less autonomy
• Formal Policies and Procedures
• Strict Reporting Lines
• Job Description Based
• Horizontal
• Key Characteristics
• Flatter Organizational Structure
• Less Hierarchical
• Power is located with owner manager
• Employees have broader span of responsibility
• Similarly skilled experts
• Departmentalization
• Business Function
• Product
• Matrix

Until next time...






Sheryl Tuchman, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
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