Organizational Structures

Today’s topic is Organizational Structure and we would like to take a few minutes to illustrate its definition and list a few different types which are currently being deployed within the work place. Organizational Structure is the basic framework which house or describes the leadership structure of the organization and provides an illustration of the leadership hierarchy system. Without Organizational Structure there would be no way to understand the chain of command of the organization, its leadership formation, who the decision makers are within the organization or any formal responsibility areas as it pertains to the organization and its supervisory arrangement . Organizational Structure basically tells the story of who is in charge, what …show more content…
Under this particular structure there is the formation of a top down leadership arrangement. Within the normal hierarchy structure you will find a top functional leader normally with a title of President or Chief Executive Officer (or some resemblance) with subordinate listed as Senior Presidents with lower level Vice Presidents and directors. Next level managers or department heads normally follow ending in supervisors or foreman.
Pro: Clear levels of authority illustration. Structure helps identify who approval plans, governance, policy and standards along with other high-level decisions.
Con: Communication can become convoluted being some information must travel through a long list of layers which messaging can be lost in the interruption. Silos can be developed within the different levels of management (Bianca, …show more content…
The assignment is normally temporary for the completion of an initiative which has a beginning and end dates. Assignees can be skilled specialist, departmental resources, management or a mixture for completing specific work task. Upon the completion of the specific initiative the group disbands and returns to their permanent assignment. During the assignment each assignee keeps their respected leader but assigned to the group under a project matrix normally lead by a project manager. The project manager does not have any supervisory authority but utilize the assignee supervisor for discipline and power.

Pro: High specialized assignees attached to initiative. Operational goals are well defined. Group has the ability to change goals, tasks and requirements rapidly. Communication between team members is normally graded as high.
Con: Possible issue regarding authority. Functional leader and project leader may have disagreement on how to govern initiative or assignees. Group formation may cause conflict (Donovan,