Six key questions for designing organisational structure

. To what degree can tasks be subdivided into separate jobs? (work specialization)

. On what basis will jobs be grouped together? (departmentalisation)

. To whom do individuals and groups report? (chain of command)

. How many individuals can a manager efficiently and effectively direct? (span of control)

. Where does decision-making authority lie? (centralization and decentralization)

. To what degree will the rules and regulations be used to direct staff? (formalization)