Organisational structures and communication
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- Created on: 19-05-13 20:26
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- Organisational structures
- Tall structure:
- Lots of layers, smaller but more specific roles, more chance of promotion, clear to see responsibilities
- 'Chinese whispers, those at the top might be out of touch
- Flat structure:
- Less layers, equality, less complex, more teamwork
- Harder to get promotion, less specific, more responsibility, unclear message could lead to confusion
- Delayerisation= getting rid of layers
- Organisation& Communication
- Communication
- One-way communication
- Two-way communicaton
- Internal communications
- External communications
- Vertical communication
- Horizontal communication
- Formal communications
- Informal communication
- A channel of communication is the path taken by a messgae
- Span of control=the number of subordinates a supervisor has.
- Chain of command=An organizational structure in which authority passes down from the top and each person in the chain is directly responsible to the person above.
- Communication
- Tall structure:
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