Business and communication systems AQA GCSE- structures of business

Advantages 

• motivates as there are oppotunites for promotion

Disadvantages

• high cost  as there are lots of middle managers 
• communication has a lot of layers/ people ( a long chain of command) to go through so it likely to be slow and the information may get changed or mis intepreted at each layer

Advantages 

• shorter chain of command leads to better more effctive communication 

Disavantages 

• little chance for promotion - de motivational 
• big spans of control( being in charge of lots of people can be over whelming for managers

is where you have two people incharge 

Advantages

• allows flexiblility in  what projects the operatives work on 

Disadvantages 

• managers getting workers to gang up on the other one
• conflicting information give by each manager
• conflicting tasks

the aim of this type of structure is to make sure that no one feels like they are unimportant 

they can have the same disadvatages and advantages as hierachical structures flat or tal dpendant on the size of the organisation