Types of Organisation
Types of Organisation
LINE ORGANIZATION
The line organization is the simplest organizational structure. It is the "doing" organization, in that the work of all organizational units is directly involved in producing and marketing the organization's goods and services. There are direct vertical links between the different levels of the scalar chain. Since there is a clear authority structure, this form of organization promotes greater decision making and is simple in form to understand.
Functional organization.
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this form of organisation all activities in the organisation are grouped according to the basic functions, i.e., production, finance, marketing, headed by a specialist.
this form of organisation the structure is basically that of line organisation but functional experts are appointed to advise the line authority in their respective field.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
When a group of people is formally appointed to consider or decide certain matters, this type of structure is a committee. Committees can be permanent (standing) or temporary and usually supplement line and staff functions. Sometimes ad hoc or temporary committees are set up to deal with a specific problem. Once this committee makes its recommendations, it is dissolved
MATRIX STRUCTURE
A matrix organization frequently uses teams of employees to accomplish work, in order to take advantage of the strengths, as well as make up for the weaknesses, of functional and decentralized forms.