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Name the Type of Organisational Structure Which Promotes Flexibility and Initiative.

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प्रश्न

Name the type of organisational structure which promotes flexibility and initiative.

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उत्तर

Flexibility and initiative are promoted by divisional structure.

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2015-2016 (March) All India Set 1

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'Steelo Ltd.' decided to set-up its steel manufacturing factory in the backward area of Orissa where very less job opportunities were available. People of that area welcomed this effort of 'Steelo Ltd.' To attract people to work in its factory it also decided to provide many other facilities like school. hospital. market etc. in the factory premises. 'Steelo Ltd.' started earning huge profits. Another competing company asked its production manager 'Aslam' to investigate the reasons of earning huge profits by 'Steelo Ltd.' Aslam found that in both the companies there was systematic coordination among the various activities to achieve organisational goals. Every employee knew who was responsible and accountable to whom. The only difference was that in his organisation communication took place only through the scalar chain whereas 'Steelo Ltd.' was allowing flow of communication in all the directions as per the requirement which lead to faster spread of information as well as quick feedback.

a. Identify the type of organisation which permits 'Steelo Ltd.' the flow of communication in all the directions.
b. State another advantage of the type of organisation identified in (a) above.
c. State any two values which 'Steelo Ltd.' wanted to communicate to the society


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Meaning


A differential between 'Functional and 'Divisional' structure of organising on the basis of the following:

Cost involved


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How does informal organisation support the formal organisation?


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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.


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Grouping of activities on the basis of functions is a part of ____________.


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As the span of management increases in an organisation, the number of levels of management in the organisation:


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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.

  1. Identify and state the organisational structure adopted by the company.
  2. State two benefits and two limitations of the identified structure highlighted in the above case.

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