Organisational Structure

The internal, formal framework of a business that shows the way in which management is organised and linked together.

A stage of the organisational structure where all personnel have equal status and authority.

The number of subordinate employees directly accountable to a manager.

This is the route through which authority from the chief executive and the board of directors is passed down through an organisation.

This is a removal of one or more of the levels of hierarchy from an organisational structure.

An organisational structure that creates project teams that cut across traditional functional departments.

The most common departments in a business are marketing, production (or operations), finance and human resources. Each of these departments is led by a __________ _______. A senior employee who has authority over a complete organisational unit.

A very important principle in the organisational structure is the passing down of authority from higher to lower levels in the organisation.

The obligation of the individual to account for and explain their actions and to disclose the results of their work honestly.

The power undertaken to give orders and make decisions.