Question

Sunrise Enterprise is a large company that groups its operations into separate product divisions like electronics, clothing, and furniture. Each division has its own marketing, finance and HR departments. Within the electronics division, a group of employees from different departments regularly interacts during breaks and helps each other with work-related advice.
What types of organisation and organisational structure are represented here?

Options

• Informal organisation – Divisional structure

• Formal organisation – Divisional structure

• Formal organisation – Functional structure

• Informal organisation – Functional structure

Answer 1

Informal organisation – Divisional structure

Explanation:

• Divisional structure is used when a company is divided based on products or services, like electronics, clothing, and furniture. Each division has its own departments (e.g., HR, Marketing), just like in the case of Sunrise Enterprise.
• The group of employees from different departments casually interacting during breaks and giving work-related advice exemplifies an informal organisation that forms naturally and socially, not through official channels.