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The Differential Between 'Functional and 'Divisional' Structure of Organising on the Basis of the Following: Formation

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

Formation

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उत्तर

Basis Functional Structure Divisional Structure
Formation On the basis of function On the basis of product.
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2013-2014 (March) Foreign Set 2

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संबंधित प्रश्न

What is meant by 'functional structure' of an organisation?


State it's any two advantages of the functional structure


State any two disadvantage functional structure of an organisation


State the features of 'Formal Organisation'.


What is a divisional structure? Discuss its advantages and  limitations.


A company manufacturing sewing machines set up in 1945 by the British promoters follows formal organisation culture in totality. It is facing lot of problems in delays in decision making. As the result it is not able to adapt to changing business environment. The work force is also not motivated since they cannot vent their grievances except through formal channels, which involve red tape. Employee turnover is high. Its market share is also declining due to changed circumstances and business environment. You are to advise the company with regard to change it should bring about in its organisation structure to overcome the problems faced by it. Give reasons in terms of benefits it will derive from the changes suggested by you.


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.


Which of the following is not the disadvantage of the formal organisation?


A network of social relationships that arises spontaneously due to interaction at work is called:


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


Under this type of organisational structure, manpower is grouped on the basis of different products manufactured.


Which of the following is not a merit of divisional structure?


'Saarthi', the name has been associated with the manufacturing and sale of Fashion products since 1960, when Kapil Saarthi opened his first retail fashion clothing outlet in Ahmedabad. Sarthi Cosmetics was incorporated in India in 1940, and became a member of the S & M family of companies in 1959. Sarthi Perfumes began operations in Gujarat in an existing administrative S&M facility in 1985. An important difference between S&M and most other companies is that instead of operating as one large corporation it operates as 180 smaller companies each focused on a specific product and area, implying selective dispersal of authority, recognising the decision makers need four autonomy, as decision making authority is pushed down the chain of command. It enables the company to maintain short lines of communication with customers and employees, and accelerate the development of talent.

As “The decision making authority is pushed down the chain of command” at S&M enterprises, it provides the benefit of quick decision making to the organisation because ______.


The employees of ABC co. have formed a Dramatics club for their recreation. Name the type of organisation formed by the and state one of the features of such an organisation.


Span of management refers to


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.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of divisional structure?


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?


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.

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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