Organisational Charts

Types of organzational charts

Types of leadership

Centralisation and decentralisation

Span of control

Matrix

Vertical

Flat

Functional

Hierarchical

A decentralised structure delegates responsibility to those lower down the chain of command, e.g. to individual departments. Decentralisation:

A centralised structure is where authority and responsibility for decision-making rests with those at the top of the business hierarchy. In a centralised structure:

A small span of control means that each manager looks after a small group:

The wider the span of control, the fewer the levels of hierarchy.

The span of control is the number of people directly accountable to, and reporting to, one manager. A large span of control means that the manager has many staff under his or her direct control:

Situational

Autocratic

Paternalistic

Democratic

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