Understanding Functional and Divisional Organizational Structure

Autor: Kent D. Fairfield
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Management Teaching Review. 1:242-251
ISSN: 2379-2981
DOI: 10.1177/2379298116661843
Popis: Most management students have had limited exposure to issues concerning organizational structure. This exercise offers a brief in-class experience of the differences of working in a functional structure versus a divisional structure. The instructor guides students to think about certain events, or challenges, confronting their simulated organization. Some of these challenges are best handled by a functional organizational structure, while others are much more taxing if organized that way. Conversely, a divisional organization can produce agile responses to certain initiatives but poses difficulties in coordinating across multiple divisions. Students can begin to sense how structure exerts a major influence on decision making.
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