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This 3-page paper is an outline describing the differences between horizontal and vertical organizations, as well as pointing out their advantages and disadvantages. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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called Measurement, Inc., located in Durham, NC. The company develops, administers and scores achievement tests for public school districts. The company had
become highly centralized, with its president maintaining a tight control of the organization. Management has become convinced that decentralization is the key to future success. Though the product/service was among
the best in the industry, there were many logistics problems when it came to scoring, administering and returning tests to the schools. Turning the "tower" organization into a "flat" one,
however, helped Measurement become more effective and to marshal its human resources for more effective assistance to clients. The following is an
outline to delineate the difference between "tall" (vertical) organizational structures and "flat" (horizontal) organizational structures. I. Organizational Structures A. Organizational structures basically come in two types 1) Vertical a)
More hierarchal b) Centralization, reports to one manager c) Many levels d) Focuses on "functional expertise" (Schmidt, 2000) e) Formal communication channels (Schmidt, 2000) f) Begin with a problem definition
and end with a solution (Velury, 2004) 2) Horizontal a) More "spread out" b) More than one leader at the top c) Not as many levels d) More collaborative (Schmidt,
2000) e) Connect functions of organizations to accomplish overall aims of f) organization (Velury, 2004) g) Implementation of projects are ongoing tasks, rather than those with start and end (Velury,
2004) h) More "association relationship" between parties, rather than subordinate-boss relationship "(Dolgopyatova, 1995-1996) B. Different types of organizations do well with one, the other or both 1) Manufacturing organizations with
rigid guidelines are better with a vertical structure 2) Service organizations requiring quick decision making and new project adaptations work well with a flatter organization II. Vertical Organization A.
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