UNIT 2.

O RG A N IZ A T I ON
ST R U C T U R E

DR. SHRADDHA KULKARNI

WHAT IS ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE?
An organizational structure details how Work Specialization
certain activities are delegated toward Departmentalization
achieving an organization's goal. It Chain of Command
outlines an employee's role and various
responsibilities within a company. The Span of Control
more authority employees have, the higher Centralization and
up they will be on the organizational Decentralization
structure. In addition, the more organized
a structure is, the more efficiently a Formalization
company operates. Boundary Spanning
COMMON ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORKS AND STRUCTURES

Simple Tall/Bureaucratic
COMMON ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORKS AND STRUCTURES

Matrix
 ALTERNATIVE DESIGN OPTIONS

Virtual Team
 THE LEANER ORGANIZATION: DOWNSIZING

WHEN THE MANAGEMENT FINDS OUT THAT THEIR COMPANY IS

NOT PERFORMING WELL AND THEIR OPERATING COSTS ARE HIGH,
THEN THE COMPANY LOOKS OUT TO FIND WAYS TO OPTIMIZE
THEIR PRODUCTIVITY. ONE OF THE MOST OFTEN SOUGHT OUT
IMMEDIATE MEASURE IS TO REDUCE MANPOWER BY FIRING
EMPLOYEES OR REDUCE THE PAYROLL PAYMENT. THIS IS TERMED
AS ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING WHICH IS A REDUCTION IN
ORGANIZATIONAL SIZE AND OPERATING COSTS TO IMPROVE
EFFICIENCY, PRODUCTIVITY, AND COMPETITIVENESS.
THE LEANER ORGANIZATION: DOWNSIZING
WHY DO STRUCTURES DIFFER?
ORGANIZATION DESIGNS AND EMPLOYEE BEHAVIOUR