organisational structures Flashcards
what does a heirarchy show
shows how much repsonbsility people have in a business
those near bottom may get little say ind ecsioons
what is the chain of command
path of communcation
who poeple report to within the business
what the names of the people who report to you/you have control over/driectly below
suboordinates
what is span of control
number of DIRECt subbordinates you ahve
only the ones ddirectly below you
tall structures
lots of levels in heirachy
LONG chains of command
dis of tall structures
neagtively impact commucnation and effiecincy
can take a long time especially for messages from the verty top to the very bottom of the structure
decsions take long time to make
lots of pperowk to deal with
adv of tall strautures
lots of layers of mamgement meaning lots f chances for promotion
motiavting for employees
falt organisaitons
only have few levels i heirachy
poeple given more resposnibility and freedom
dis of flat structures
horizontal communcation can be slow due to large amount of people at each level
wide spans of control
what is delayering
removing parts of the heirarchy
creates flatter structure with wider spans of control
can help lower costs
too much delayering, then mamangers can end up having to much work to do, becoming stressed
cenralised organtisions
all decsions are made by seniour mamagers at top of business
decentralised organisations
authprity is shared out to more junior employees
adv of centralised organisations
business leaders have had lots of eperience in making decsions
big decsions can be made wuickly as do not have to consult anybody else
dis of centralised organsations
exclugine meplyees from decision making can be demotiavting
adv of decentraised organisations
involvemnt in decsiions making motivates employees
employees can use their expert knwoledge of their sector
day to day decsions can be made quickly without having to consult their seniour managers
