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Organizational Structure

In business organizational structure means the relationship between position and people who hold these positions.

The structure of organizations varies greatly according to the nature of the business. There are several factors which influence this structure:

  • the number of locations and employees

  • the economic sector

  • the type of a market in which they operate

  • the type of customers

  • the degree of management control required

  • the complexity of the business activities

The company is run by a Board of Directors; each Director is in charge of a department. However, the Chairman of the Board, someone who wears many hats, is in overall control and may not be the head of any one department. The Board is responsible for policy decisions and strategy. The Managing Director (sometimes called the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), or President in the USA) is the head of the company, who has overall responsibility for the running of the business. In the US, senior managers in charge of particular areas are often called vice-presidents (VPs).

Most companies have Finance, Sales, Marketing, Production, Research and Development (R&D) and Personnel Departments. These are the most common departments, but some companies have others as well.

Most departments have a Manager, who is in charge of its day–to-day running, and who reports to the Director; the Director is responsible for strategic planning and for making decisions. Various personnel in each department report to the Manager.

People at the head of an organization are often called senior executives or senior managers, top executives or top managers.

Exercises in Word Study

Ex.1. Form verbs from the following nouns:

location, employee, decision, organization, operation, management, activity, director, executive, development.

Ex.2. Give the English for:

структура організації, службовець, економічний сектор, клієнт, управлінський контроль, керувати компанією, рада директорів, голова правління, керівник компанії, відділ збуту, виробничий відділ, відділ кадрів, стратегічне планування, приймати рішення, персонал, підпорядковуватися менеджеру, займати посаду.

Ex.3. Match words from list A with words from list B that have a similar meaning:

A

B

day-to-day

vary

customer

be in charge of

head

make a decision

department

personnel

managing director

wear many hats

fulfil many functions

chief executive officer

decide

staff

division

manager

change

client

be in control of

every day

Ex.4. Match the nouns in the left hand column with the verbs in the right hand column:

employee

board of directors

personnel

customer

department

appoint someone to

employ

hire

pay

dismiss someone from

train

receive

work on behalf of

be in charge of

run

Ex.5. The words in the box frequently occur before “manager”.

Find combinations that mean:

  1. a person in control of staff in one section of an organization;

  2. a person in control of staff but under the authority of a manager;

  3. a person in control of the manufacturing process;

  4. a person in control of the design and quality of goods made by a company;

  5. a person who is at the head of an organization;

  6. a person responsible for the sales staff and their work;

  7. a person responsible for recruiting and training employees and dealing with their problems.