UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ

AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO

Materia:
Ingles en negocios

UNIDAD 1

Actividad 7:
Tabla comparativa, organigrama y descripción
 Comparative table of types of organizational structures:

Types Definition Characteristics

It is a type of organization • It clearly indicates the way in which functions are
chart that indicates the divided within an organization.
functions that each • It establishes authorities and levels of hierarchy,
department, team or so that it exposes who should direct or give
structure of a company orders.
must fulfill. • It facilitates the analysis of the organization for
Funcional org executives who must make decisions in the short,
chart medium and long term.
• It is a useful tool when expanding a company, as
it allows you to easily assess which departments
can take on more responsibilities and expand, or
which need more staff or resources.
Product and Establishes its divisions • This type of structure is best-suited to
geographical org based on you guessed it organizations that need to be near sources of
chart geography. More supply and/or customers.
specifically, the divisions • It also brings together many forms of business
of a geographical expertise, allowing each geographical division to
structure can include make decisions from more diverse points of view.
territories, regions, or
districts.
It is a resource that shows • Hierarchical organization charts are intended to
in vertical format the reflect the hierarchical order of a company. This
different positions of means that your features are simple and should
responsibility of an be rendered top to bottom, and not indented.
Hierarchical org organization.
chart That is to say, it reflects in • The most important thing is to establish the order
a vertical and of authority, and how each department will be
descending way the represented at a visual level. Therefore, its
positions of authority from objective is that the type of representation used
the highest level to those facilitates the identification of authority functions
of the base that are most within the company.
relevant.
It is a graphical • Although it is similar to the vertical organization
representation of the way chart, as its name implies, the structure is
the different departments represented horizontally.
of the company are • In the horizontal organizational chart all
structured. This departments are represented at the same level.
representation is made • It is not structured according to hierarchical
Flat org chart based on the importance levels, although the different hierarchies are
of the work processes of its preserved and respected.
different departments • Strengthens and makes better communication
and not on their between the different departments, employees
hierarchical levels, as in and company management more flexible.
 the case of the vertical • It allows to visualize in a clearer way the functions
organization chart. and the performance of the work teams.
It is a completely • Suppression of the traditional hierarchical
horizontal organization, structure: the structure at different levels
without bosses. Decisions disappears.
are made horizontally,
and there is no person or • The role of the employee: each worker has his
Holacracy org position superior to role and responsibilities according to the project
chart another. The organization where he works.
chart of the company
would be circular, instead • Fluid roles: yes, the role of the worker is changing.
of vertical. They can assume some functions in one project
and totally different ones in the next.

• Totally autonomous employees: initiative and

proactivity are two of the basic characteristics of
this way of working.
Matrix org chart It is a business • It allows operating based on projects: it is the one
configuration in which that probably modernizes and dynamizes the
employees participate in traditional linear hierarchy organization charts,
specific projects while giving birth to the flexible and dual structure of
continuing to attend to the matrix.
their duties. • Dynamic talent and resources: Skilled personnel
and resources can be shared between
functional departments and project teams.
• Communication and free flow of information: The
matrix structure allows employees to
communicate more quickly despite
departmental boundaries.
• It allows the existence of two managerial figures
at the same time: A project manager is assigned
to each new work team.
• Develop future managers: Assigning temporary
tasks to project members makes the matrix
organization an excellent setting for training
future managers.
• The weight of responsibilities is delegated: The
project manager is directly responsible for
completing it within the established time and
budget.
Tribes and squads A Squad is a team, the • This model breaks traditional departmental
smallest unit of the schemes, giving it the character of a start-up.
organization, similar to a • The digital culture that it generates is one of the
"command": with a main success factors.
mission and specific • In the Tribe, horizontal communication structures
business objectives, they are developed between Squads to share
are empowered to knowledge and good practices, with an
achieve them, providing extremely powerful relationship pattern between
them with the necessary its members, oriented towards success through
resources. collaboration.

Tribe, whose leader

manages resources,
prioritizes goals, and
tracks their achievement.