Organisatioal Structures

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Bruce Sloan

BTEC National Certificate in ICT Systems Support

Business Information Systems

Assignment 1 - Organisational Structures

1)i) The two main types of business organisational structures are:

* Centralised

* Decentralised

ii) The business organisational structure that would provide the most error-free communication to and from management would generally be the centralised structure. A decentralised structure is loosely controlled and is usually largely autonomous, whereas a centralised structure has little freedom of action and is under strong control. This allows management to keep a firm grasp on what is happening within the business, thus keeping communication as error-free a possible.

Centralised organisations rely on a governance structure where information management reports up through a single chain of command. Decentralised organisations, on the other hand, distribute the management of information through a multitude of functional and regional command chains.

2)i) Functional areas that would be found within a service organisation would most likely include the following:

* Human Resources ( core function)

* Purchasing ( operational function)

* Order Processing ( operational function)

* Quality Assurance ( operational function)

An operational function is an area