6. 1. ENTREPRENEURIAL STRUCTURE
ENTREPRENEURIAL
EMPLOYEES
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• Fast decision making
• More responsive to market
• Goal congruence
• Good control
• Close bond to workforce
• Lack of career structure
• Dependent on the capabilities
of the managers
• Cannot cope with
diversification
7. 2. FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE
(DEPARTMENTAL)
Eg: marketing, production, finance,
personnel department.
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• Economies of scale
• Standardisation
• Specialists more comfortable
• Career opportunities
• Empire building
• Slow
• Conflicts between functions
• Cannot cope with diversification
9. •B
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• Enables growth
• Clear responsibility for
product division
• Training of general manager
• Easily adapted for further
diversification
• Top management free to
concentrate on strategic
matters
• Duplication
• Sub-optimisation
• Potential loss of control
• Allocation of central cost can
be a problem
• Specialists may feel isolated
11. ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
•Enables geographic
growth.
•Allows local decision
making.
•Clear responsibility for
areas.
•Training of general
manager.
•Top management free to
concentrate on strategic
matters.
•As for divisional structure
above.
13. ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
•Advantages of both
functional and divisional
structure.
•Flexibility.
•Customer orientation.
•Encourage teamwork
and the exchange of
opinions and expertise
•Dual command and
conflict.
•Dilution of functional
authority.
•Time consuming
meetings.
•Higher admin cost.
14. Organisational forms and boundaries
1. Closed system
2. Open system
1. Hollow organisation
2. Virtual organisation
3. Modular organisation