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प्रश्न
Differentiate between formal and informal organization on the basis of the following:
Flow of communication
Differentiate between formal organization and informal organization on any four bases.
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उत्तर
| S. No. | Basis | Formal organization | Informal organization |
| 1. | Meaning | The term "formal organization" describes the hierarchy established by management. | Refers to the informal and personal relationships that exist between coworkers. |
| 2. | Origin | The management's rules and policies are the source of the structure. | The social interactions among the employees are the source of the structure. |
| 3. | Authority | The managerial posts and profile define authority. | Employees' personal characteristics define their authority. |
| 4. | Flow of communication | A communication takes places through a scalar chain. | It can take place in any direction. |
| 5. | Nature | Formal organisations are rigid. | Informal organisations are flexible. |
Notes
Students should refer to the answer according to their questions.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Differentiate between formal and informal organisations on the basis of the flow of communication.
What is meant by 'functional structure' of an organisation?
State its any two advantages of the divisional structure
State any two disadvantages Informal Organisation.
Define organization as a structure.
Differentiate between formal and informal organization on the following basis:
Behaviour
The differential between 'Functional and 'Divisional' structure of organising on the basis of the
following:
Formation
How does informal organisation support the formal organisation?
Answer the following question.
Voltage fluctuations have been common and quite high in India. They harm our electrical appliances like televisions, refrigerators, and air conditioners, often leaving them in a permanently damaged condition. N-Guard Company decided to manufacture stabilizers for North India where the voltage fluctuation ranges from 220 V to 230 V. Once the demand for North India was taken care of, they decided to launch stabilizers of varying voltages from 90 V – 260 V for meeting the requirements of voltage fluctuations in other regions of India also. Three engineers were appointed for South, West and East regions of India, as the voltage was different in all the three regions.
Though all the engineers were appointed to manufacture stabilizers but the product differed from region to region.
(a) Identify the organisational structure of the N-Guard Company.
(b) State any two advantages and two limitations of the structure identified in the above para.
A tall structure has a ____________.
As the span of management increases in an organisation, the number of levels of management in the organisation:
Which of the following is not a merit of divisional structure?
Which of the following is not true about formal organisation?
A network of social relationship that arise spontaneously due to interaction at work is called :
Which of the following does not follow the scalar chain?
In what way an informal structure would benefit the organization?
______ 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.
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?
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.
Why do you think the profit is increasing as given in Situation 3?
Identify the type of organization structure depicted in the above diagram:
