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What is an organization structure?


Organization  structure comprises of six key elements they are:

  • Work specialization
  • Departmentalization
  • Chain of command
  • Span of control
  • Centralization and decentralization
  • Formalization

Work Specialization

The spirit of work specialization is that, in an organization a project has been designed by  one individual and the work will be separated into many steps and every work has been done by a separate individual specialist enable the work to be completed quickly. This is what we call as work specialization.

Departmentalization

Once the work has been assigned, next stage is that you need to assemble  these works together so that the given task can be done in time. The basis by which works are assembled together is called departmentalization.

Chain of command

The every organization have a  chain of commands, chief head of the organization to low level employee has a command like what to do, who is responsible for the given task each department has a command by team leader, department head, head of organization, the command has been passed through one by one in chain form so the this is called as chain of command.

Span of control

If you have a two or three organization the common question will be raised that a manager efficiently and effectively handle how may employees to handle this problem span of control is important in every organization.

Centralization and Decentralization

The decision making is done at a single point from the top of the organization is known as centralization of decision making and the decision making that has done by the any level staff in the organization is known as decentralization.

Formalization

The organization has a procedure to do jobs  there needs to be some sort of formalization in the work process . This work processes is known as formalization.

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