Compare and Contrast Roles Supporting Organisational Structures and Functional Areas in Organisations

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Compare and Contrast Roles Supporting Organisational Structures and Functional Areas in Organisations

        

Each business has it’s own structure. It could be a hierarchical structure, a matrix structure or a flat structure. Because of these structures it helps make a business efficient in each of the functional areas that it has. Each level of the structure has a level of responsibility.

Hierarchical structures are usually used by big businesses that have lots of different areas. This is why this structure is referred to as the pyramid structure. The most important and the most paid are at the top and the less important and the least paid are at the bottom. The people at the top of this structure are the ones that make the decisions and the ones at the bottom follow them. The higher up the structure the more responsibility they will have.

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The matrix structure is used for projects within the business. No one has more authority than the other and they all have to report to each other. This structure is made to be a structure for temporary use only.

A flat structure is usually used by a sole trader who has unlimited liability. If a business is fairly small then a flat structure is the best to use and will be the most useful. The owner is the person who makes all of the decisions in a flat structure. The staff then follows what the owner says.

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