Organisational structure

Question 1

Structure will change depending on:

Answer 1

• complexity
• size
• diversity
• technology
• external forces

as company develops: rend from flat to tall
- flat systems force delegation and leave people unsupervised

Question 2

max weber’s ideal company

Answer 2

1. specialisation and division of labour
2. positions arranged in hierarchy
3. system of abstract rules
4. impersonal relationships

Question 3

mintzberg concepts

Answer 3

considered 5 components of structures:

1. strategic apex - directors
2. operating core - workers
3. middle line - link between 1 and 2
4. technostructure - staff/ planning and control
5. support staff - indirect services

• look at notes for diagrams*
• simple structure
• professional bureaucracy
• machine bureaucracy