GMS 200 Chapter : Two Types of Organization Structures GMS 200.docx

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Franklin Ramsoomair

Document Summary

2 types of org structures: 1) mechanistic. President, vp, chairmen, ceo, below is the managers, and below that is the employees. Communication does not go to the top of the structure; if you do, the drawback is that it takes a long time to go to the top. Further divided into functional organization, grouped together by functions sections based on for based on geographic areas across the world, such as apple inc. A product functional organization (i. e. oil companies) is divided exclusively. Functions could be maintenance, marketing, customer service. Matrix organizations are formed as ad-hoc and temporary. When a matrix organization is formed, you have two bosses, one is the boss for all sections and the other boss is the new one for the matrix organization. The boundaryless organization is an organization where the employees have no titles and the employees work together and are paid based on what they produce.