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प्रश्न
State it's any two advantages of the functional structure
Explain the advantages of Functional Structure.
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उत्तर १
Advantages of functional structure:
i. Efficiency and Specialisation: Under a functional structure, each department can specialise in their respective functions as the activities of a similar nature are grouped together in departments.
ii. Promotes Coordination: Functional structure promotes control and coordination within the departments as similar tasks are being performed within a department.
उत्तर २
The advantages of functional structure are as follows:
- Occupational specialisation: Employees in a functional structure carry out designated duties within a department. This kind of specialisation aids in performance improvement and efficiency promotion.
- Minimum duplication: Duplication of work is avoided leading to reduction in costs.
- Internal control: Due to similarity of tasks, control and coordination within a department become easier.
- Easier training: Training of employees becomes easier because every employee requires limited skills.
- Due attention: Functional structure ensures that different functions get due attention.
संबंधित प्रश्न
'My Car Ltd.' decided to set-up its new car manufacturing factory in the backward area of West Bengal where very less job opportunities were available. People of that area welcomed this effort of 'My Car Ltd.' The company also decided to provide facilities like school, hospital, market etc. in the factory premises so that the people are attracted to join the factory as workers.
'My Car Ltd.' started earning huge profit. Another competeting company asked its production manager 'Arvind' to investigate the reasons of earning huge profits by 'My Car Ltd.'
Arvind found that in both the companies there was systematic co-ordination 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, where as 'My Car 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 feed-back.
a. Identify the type of organisation which permits the flow of communication in all the directions in 'My Car Ltd.'
b. Also state an advantage of the type of organisation identified in part (a) above.
c. State any two values which 'My Car Ltd.' wants to communicate to the society.
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Differentiate between formal and informal organization on the basis of the following:
Authority
Differentiate between formal and informal organization on the basis of the following:
Flow of communication
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The form of organisation known for giving rise to rumours is called
Grouping of activities on the basis of functions is a part of
Which of the following are a few prominent advantages of a divisional structure?
Match the STRUCTURE in an organisation in Column I with the appropriate EXPLANATION in Column II.
| Column I | Column II | ||
| (1) | Organisation Structure | (i) | Grouping activities on the basis of products |
| (2) | Functional Structure | (ii) | Framework within which managerial and operating tasks are performed. |
| (3) | Divisional structure | (iii) | Grouping of similar jobs and organizing them as separate departments. |
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.
What will be the result of Situation 4?
Which statement is correct regarding division of work:
Which of the following gives shape to the organisation structure:
The organisational structure and the composition of the board of directors, are one of the internal factors of micro environment of a business organisation.
______ organisations are formed spontaneously as a result of social interaction among employees in an organisation.
