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- Author: Wikipedia
- Full Title:: Organizational structure
- Category:: 🗞️Articles
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- URL:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizational_structure
- Finished date:: 2023-05-07
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The matrix structure groups employees by both function and product simultaneously (View Highlight)
Matrices increase the complexity of the chain of command, which can present problems because of the differentiation between functional managers and project managers. (View Highlight)
additional disadvantage of the matrix structure is higher manager to worker ratio (View Highlight)
However, the potential disadvantages for enterprises adopting the networked organizational structure include unreasonable design, insufficient supervision and poor linkage ability.[35|35] If the different relations required for the network structure contrast too greatly it may lead to confusion, delays, and unnecessary increases in complexity. Due to the network structure relying on many different individuals or teams working together independently, effective supervision is needed to avoid shirking or free riding. Similarly, some individuals and teams coordinate poorly, resulting in communication breakdowns and misunderstanding, which only hinders the progression of tasks. (View Highlight)
In the 21st century, even though most, if not all, organizations are not of a pure hierarchical structure, many managers are still blind to the existence of the flat community structure within their organizations (View Highlight)
As pointed out by Lawrence B. Mohr,[43|43] the early theorists of organizational structure, Taylor, Fayol, and Weber “saw the importance of structure for effectiveness and efficiency and assumed without the slightest question that whatever structure was needed, people could fashion according (View Highlight)