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Structures
• An organizational structure is defined as “a system used
to define a hierarchy within an organization. It identifies
each job, its function and where it reports to within the
organization.” A structure is then developed to establish
how the organization operates to execute its goals.
• There are many types of organizational structures. Each
organizational structure comes with different advantages
and disadvantages and may only work for companies or
organizations in certain situations or at certain points in
their life cycles.
• “Poor organizational design and structure results in a confusion
within roles, a lack of coordination among functions, failure to
share ideas, and slow decision making bring managers
unnecessary complexity, stress and conflict,” wrote Gill
Corkindale in the Harvard Business Review.