Every company requires a Organizational structure to function in the best way, but what does this concept refer to? Organizational structures are defined as the patterns of relationship and articulation between the elements that make up an organization.
The Organizational structure and defines a hierarchy within a company, identifying each position, its functions and where it reports to in the organization. Within this order, the delegation of functions and positions is carried out considering the organizational culture that each company wants to promote, its mission and the objectives that it wants to achieve.
All companies have a Organizational structure or form of organization according to its objectives and needs, its strengths, among other aspects. This structure allows to put in order the activities, processes and, in general, the operation of the company. In this way, said structure will establish how a certain organization operates and its purpose is to achieve the goals that allow future growth.
When thinking about the Organizational structure of a company, it is important to consider that strategy and structure must go hand in hand in strategic change processes, as a team and not as a sum of individual elements.
Types of organizational structure
Although there are a variety of organizational structures, they can be grouped into two main categories: the mechanistic structure and the organic structure. Here we share the characteristics of each one:
Although the table above shows the differences between both types of Organizational structureand they may even seem incompatible, it is possible to find mixed models in which there are features of both types of organizational structures depending on the objectives and trajectory of the organization.
With information from academic articles organizational structures, published by the Itsa University Institution; Y Organizational structures: culture, principles and models for innovationpublished by the International Federation of Fe y Alegría.
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