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A 5 page paper examining organizational structure and strategic management theory in arriving at the “ideal” organizational structure. Organizational structure is the formal, stated set of relationships between various departments and units of the organization. The precise form that this ideal organizational structure takes will be dictated in part by the type of business that the organization supports and where it falls in classification hierarchy. Ultimately, the ideal structure serves the needs of the business, rather than the business existing to serve the needs of the structure. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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File: CC6_KSmgmtOrgStruc.rtf
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structure often is not specifically designed, but rather evolves along with the organization as it grows and changes. Typically, only when the existing structure is found to be less
relevant than in the past does senior management seek to change it. The purpose here is to describe the ideal organizational structure. Defining Structure
Organizational structure is the formal, stated set of relationships between various departments and units of the organization. The structure should serve the needs and the goals of
the organization in such a way that it makes a positive, unstated contribution to the efficient function of the organization. Ideally, structure should reflect the organizations culture and function
in that it does or does not allow overlap of functional areas. Some organizations will claim themselves to be strongly vertically organized and
so maintain strict boundaries between business units. Such an organization may be involved in an industry such as commercial tuna fishing. The vertical organization may produce its own
cans and labels, and maintain its own fleet of commercial fishing boats, but those who make cans have very little if indeed any contact at all with those who are
catching the fish or driving the trucks delivering the finished product to retail outlets. Strategic Management Theory In terms of organizational type, some
describe themselves as belonging to the "prospector" class, while others prefer "defender" label. These distinctions result from the firms entrepreneurial orientation and are based on the product and service
mix of the organization (Brown and Iverson, 2004). Other forms identified by Miles and Snow (1978) along with prospector and defender are the analyzer and reactor forms. These
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