ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE Introduction: in this assignment I am going to explain two organisational structures which is Tesco and Harlow College, I will describe the functional areas, span control and the layers in the business. Organisation structure: is the structure that determines how the roles, power and responsibilities are assigned, controlled and how information flows between the different levels of management Importance of organisational structures * Organisational structure is important for decision making * Is most used for communication eg. Marketing employees will discuss any issues with their director then the director will forward it to the vice manger or any upper management * It helps in evaluating employee performance. * The structure helps the business to achieve its goals because various department leaders are in charge to help in meeting any project deadlines. * It enables companies to prevent any conflict. TESCO Span of control: is the number of staff members that can be managed efficiently, basically every staff member can have control over a certain amount of people. Span control helps Tesco a lot even the growth of the company. There two types of span control theses are: 1. Narrow span of control 2. Wide span of control
Narrow span of control means a single manager or supervisor oversees few members. Narrow span of control is more expensive as compared to wide span of control as there is more number of managers and therefore there are greater communication problems between various levels of management.
Advantages of narrow span of control * Narrow span of control helps managers to be effective in work place. * It helps in communication although employees cannot report to the manager but still communication is effective
Wide span of control: Wide span of control means a single manager oversees a large