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Designing Organization Structure - Coggle Diagram
Designing Organization Structure
Chain of command
Authority
Make decisions
Issues orders
Allocate resources
Responsibility
Duty to perform tasks
Delegation
Transfer authority and responsibility
Accountability
Reporting and justifying task outcomes
Types of authority
Line department
Perform tasks related to the organization's primary goals
Staff department
Focus on specialization and support the line department
Span of management
Tall structure
Narrow span of control with more hierarchal levels
Structural problems
Flat structure
Broad span of control with less hierarchal levels
More preferred structure in organization
Departmentalisation
Functional
Grouping people in departments with similar skills & expertise
Divisional
Grouping people in departments based on similar outputs
Matrix
A combination of both functional and divisional structure
Team-based
Allows the organization to be more flexible by delegating the authority further down