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What are the traditional forms of organizational structure?
IntroductionToBusiness OP 8D04gAa / Summary of Learning Outcomes
"Firms typically use traditional, contemporary, or team-based approaches when designing their organizational structure. In the traditional approach, companies first divide the work into separate jobs and tasks. Managers then group related jobs and tasks together into departments. Five basic types of departmentalization are commonly used in organizations: • Functional: Based on the primary functions performed within an organizational unit • Product: Based on the goods or services produced or sold by the organizational unit • Process: Based on the production process used by the organizational unit • Customer: Based on the primary type of customer served by the organizational unit • Geographic: Based on the geographic segmentation of organizational units. Departmentalization that is based on the production process used by the organizational unit. Departmentalization that is based on the goods or services produced or sold by the organizational unit."
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