Facebook's Organizational Structure
Nancy Plaisir
MGT/230
Sept. 11, 2013
Eric Brown

Facebook's Organizational Structure
“An organizational structure defines the scope of acceptable behavior within an organization, its lines of authority and accountability, and to some extent the organization's relationship with its external environment. More specifically, it shows the pattern or arrangement of jobs and groups of jobs within an organization and yet it is more than an organizational chart. The organizational structure pertains to both reporting and operational relationships, provided they have some degree of permanence. The individual elements of an organizational structure typically include a variety of components that one may usefully see as building blocks: departments or divisions; management hierarchy; rules, procedures, and goals; and more temporary building blocks such as task forces or committees” (Inc., n.d.).
Social networking sites like Facebook have a strong organizational structure that is appropriate for their particular product, social media. These sites may seem so simple that they do not require structure to operate but you will learn that is not the case. Facebook launched in 2004 and is one of the most popular social networking sites. “Mark Zuckerberg is the CEO of Facebook. The rest of the management team is less famous. Sure, you've probably heard of COO Sheryl Sandberg. But do you know the difference between the jobs held by Facebook's top ad execs, Carolyn Everson, David Fisher and Gokul Rajaram?” (Edwards, 2012)
A strong organizational structure has permitted Facebook to develop and stay strong in a competitive marketplace where the manufactured goods are your private life on display for the whole world to see. Facebook has a system where the user has friends who see their posts. These users can post on their friends timeline as well