Report on the Organizational Structure and Design

Report on the Organizational Structure and Design

1. Using any search engine, find any organization and study their organizational structure. In a report, describe each of them.

2. Try to decipher the organization’s use of organizational design elements; work specialization, departmentalization, chain of command, span of control, centralization–decentralization, and  formalization.

3. Write a report about your findings. Explain each of the six elements how it is observe or applied in the organization. Please follow the suggested order of discussion.

I .       Introduction – (Brief company background)

II.      Discussion on the Six Elements of Good Organizational Design

• work specialization

• departmentalization

• chain of command

• span of control

• centralized/decentralization

• formalization

III. Areas for Possible Improvement