OS ch. 6

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1. Functional structure

   A design that groups people together on the basis of their common expertise and experience or because they use the same resources

2. Advantages of a functional structure

3. Control problems in a functional structure

4. Divisional structure

   A structure in which functions are grouped together according to the specific demands of products, markets or customers. (can be Product structure, Geographic structure, Market structure)

5. Product structure

   A divisional structure in which products (goods or services) are grouped into separate divisions, according to their similarities or differences.

6. Product divisional structure

   A divisional structure in which a centralized set of support functions services the needs of a number of different product lines.

7. Multidivisional structure

   A structure in which support functions are places in self-contained divisions.

8. Self-contained division in a Multidivisional structure

   A division that has its won set of support functions and controls its own value-creation activities.

9. Corporate headquarters staff in a Multidivisional structure

   Corporate managers who are responsible for overseeing the activities of the divisional managers heading up the different divisions.

10. ADVANTAGES OF A MULTIDIVISONAL STRUCTURE

11. DISADVANTAGES OF A MULTIDIVISIONAL STRUCTURE

12. Product team structure

    A divisional structure in which specialists from the support functions are combined into product development teams that specialize in the needs of a particular kind of product.

13. Geographic divisional structure

    A divisional structure in which divisions are organized according to the requirements of the different locations in which an organization operates

14. Market structure

    A market structure aligns functional skills and competences with the product needs of different customer groups. (e.g Commercial Division, Commercial Division, Government Division, Corporate Division)

15. Matrix structure

    A structure in which people and resources are grouped in two ways simultaneously: by function or product

16. Two-boss employees

    Employees who report to two superiors: the product team manager and the functional manager.

17. ADVANTAGES OF A MATRIX STRUCTURE

18. DISADAVANTAGES OF A MATRIX STRUCTURE

19. Multidivisional matrix structure

    A structure that provides for more integration between corporate and divisional managers and between divisional managers.

20. Hybrid structure

    The structure of a large organization that has many divisions and simultaneously uses many different types of organizational structure.

21. Network structure

    Is a cluster of different organizations whose actions are coordinated by contracts and agreements, rather than by a formal hierarchy of authority.

22. ADVANTAGES OF NETWORK STRUCTURES

23. DISADVANTAGES OF NETWORK STRUCTURES

24. E-commerce

    Trade that takes place between organizations, and between organizations and customers, using IT and the internet

25. Business-to-business commerce

    The trade that takes place between companies using IT and the internet to link and coordinate the value chains of different companies.

26. Business-to-business marketplace

    An industry-specific trading network set up to connect buyers and sellers using the internet.

27. Business-to-customer commerce

    The trade that takes place between company and its network of individual customers using IT and the internet.