Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
A differential between 'Functional and 'Divisional' structure of organising on the basis of the following:
Responsibility
Advertisements
उत्तर
| Basis | Functional Structure | Divisional Structure |
| Responsibility | Not easy to fix the responsibility on a particular department because of all these departments are interdepartmental. |
Easier to fix divisional responsibilities because all these departments are independent. |
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
What is meant by 'functional structure' of an organisation?
State any two advantages of Formal Organisation
Differentiate between formal and informal organization on the basis of the following:
Meaning
Differentiate between formal and informal organization on the following basis:
Behaviour
A differential between 'Functional and 'Divisional' structure of organising on the basis of the following:
Managerial development
company has its registered office in Delhi, manufacturing unit at Gurgaon and marketing and sales department at Faridabad. The company manufactures the consumer products. Which type of organisational structure should it adopt to achieve its target?
A company X limited manufacturing cosmetics, which has enjoyed a pre-eminent position in business, has grown in size. Its business was very good till 1991. But after that, new liberalised environment has seen entry of many MNC’s in the sector. With the result the market share of X limited has declined. The company had followed a very centralized business model with Directors and divisional heads making even minor decisions. Before 1991 this business model had served the company very well as consumers had no choice. But now the company is under pressure to reform. What organisation structure changes should the company bring about in order to retain its market share? How will the changes suggested by you help the firm? Keep in mind that the sector in which the company is FMCG.
Differentiate between formal and informal organisations on the basis of
- origin,
- authority, and
- flow of communication.
Which of the following does not follow the scalar chain?
Grouping of activities on the basis of functions is a part of ____________.
Identify the type of organisational structure which makes training of employees easier, as the focus is only on a limited range of skills.
Span of management refers to
______ is suitable for multi-product companies focusing on 'differentiated products'.
______ ensures that the heads of separate business units in the organisation are responsible for profit or loss of their unit and have authority over it.
Which of the following is a disadvantage of divisional structure?
______ is the process of dividing work into manageable activities and then grouping the activities which are similar in nature.
Read the following text and answer the questions given below:
'Pappu Sweets Makers' is a sweets making company which has turnover in crores. In order to manage the work in the organisation, the departments have been created on the basis of functions. Examine the following situations of this organisation and give answers accordingly :
Situation 1: It is expected that employees who are performing similar tasks work under the same department. So the company now has HR, Marketing and Finance departments. The division is based on specific functions.
Situation 2: There are similarities in the tasks performed within the same department.
Situation 3: The profit is increasing month by month due to the success of this structure of the organisation.
Situation 4: There has been minimum duplication of efforts as the same department is taking care of single function.
Which type of organisation structure is discussed in the above case?
Which of the following is true regarding Organisational Structure :
|
Diligent developers, a website design company in Bangalore is a startup initiative of Mr. Maniraj which aims at achieving a profit margin of 10% in its first year. Mr. Maniraj appointed Mr. Advait as the Digital marketing Head, Mr. Kiyansh as the head of Backend department and Mr. Nirved headed the Graphics Designing Department. Since each head was specialised in specific skills, it resulted in increased efficiency and better coordination. However, problems arose when Mr. Advait started considering group objectives superior to organisational objectives and stopped exchanging information with Mr. Kiyansh and Mr. Nirved. The company had to bear the brunt of lack of coordination and was unable to achieve its objectives. |
- Identify and state the organisational structure adopted by the company.
- State two benefits and two limitations of the identified structure highlighted in the above case.
| Diligent developers, a website design company in Bangalore is a startup initiative of Mr. Maniraj which aims at achieving a profit margin of 10% in its first year. Mr. Maniraj appointed Mr. Advait as the Digital marketing Head, Mr. Kiyansh as the head of the Backend department and Mr. Nirved headed the Graphics Designing Department. Since each head was specialised in specific skills, it resulted in increased efficiency and better coordination. However, problems arose when Mr. Advait started considering group objectives superior to organisational objectives and stopped exchanging information with Mr. Kiyansh and Mr. Nirved. The company had to bear the brunt of a lack of coordination and was unable to achieve its objectives. |
- Identify and state the organisational structure adopted by the company.
- State two benefits and two limitations of the identified structure highlighted in the above case.
