Organisational Change Management Volume 2

Organisational Structure

In this section consideration will be given to the following areas:

Introduction - Organisational Structure

Six key elements

Six basic types of organisational structure

I) Work Separation

Ii) Departmentation

Iii) Chain Of Command

Iv) Span Of Control

V) Centralisation V Decentralisation

Vi) Formalisation

Six key questions for designing organisational structure

Organisational structures (6)

i) Simple

ii) Bureaucracy

iii) Matrix Structure

iv) Teams

v) Virtual/Networked

vi) Boundary-Less Organization