diagram that represents an organization’s formal structure

  1. flat (horizontal) organizational charts
    • few layers of management
    • large and wide span of control in flat organizations
  2. Tall
    1. many layers
    2. formal, inflexible, bureaucratic in structure
    3. help senior managers to have better control and command over business
  3. Organization by product
    • organize workforce by good or service sold

organization by function

  • structure business function by task organization of region
  • structure workforce according to geography