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This 14 page paper looks at the structure of an organization, describing the hierarchy and the way power is used. Theories of organization structure are considered and applied to the company in order to determine who and why the current structure developed. The company used is a generic (fictitious) accountancy firm to illustrate a potential structure of a professional firm. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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forces at work, with numerous influences making themselves felt. In this paper we will look at the structure of a firm and consider the way it has developed with reference
to theories of organizational structure. We will assume that the firm being considered is based on a professional service, such as an accountancy firm or an architects firm, which is
large enough to have several offices. This type of organization has been chosen so that a student can adapt the ideas for their own paper. We will talk about an
accountancy firm 2. Organizational Structure At first glance the organization a traditional hierarchical structure, with a manager in charge of each office answerable to the board at head office, where
the support functions such as human resources and compliance are located. In each department of office there is a single manager that takes responsibility, in the office there are also
team leaders, or assistant managers, their role is managing their own accounts as well as overseeing a team of accountants. The accountants work in teams, sometimes working with each other
on a single client, smaller clients will have only a single accountant. There is a pecking order which is unofficial with the more senior members of staff helping the less
experienced or newly qualified accountants. The official position is that the majority of the admin staff is allocated to specific teams and are usually answerable to the team leaders,
however, in practice there is a great deal of co-operations and the hierarchy is not often used, with the accountants giving their work directly to the administration staff to process
and communications taking place as needed. The only time the hierarchy is used is when there is a dispute or a difficulty of some type, such as a secretary having
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