A-Level CAIE Business A2 7.1.2—Types of structure Question Bank

• Types of structure: functional, hierarchical (flat and narrow), matrix

- the advantages and disadvantages of the different types of structure

- why some organisations are structured by product and others by function or geographical area

- the reasons and ways structures change e.g. due to growth or delayering

- the features of a formal structure: levels of hierarchy, chain of command, span of control, responsibility, authority, delegation, accountability, centralised, decentralised