CENTRALISED ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURES
Advantages
Prevents independence
Easier to co-ordinate and control
Quicker decision-making
Greater use of specialisation
The use of standardised procedures can results in cost savings.
benefit from the decision making of experienced senior managers.
Examples
Fast-food businesses like
Burger King - Pizza Hut - McDonalds
Disadvantages
reduce manager motivation
More bureaucratic
inconformism of customers
Antithesis
pread responsibility for specific decisions across various outlets and lower level managers
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS ( headquarters)
ho have the authority, control, and responsibility for the entire organization) are located in one central office
Senior management at the centre of a business
approach to business
local managers and employees are often better equipped to interpret the needs and traits of consumers in their respective markets.
More convenient for a Company
Combination of centralisation and decentralisation
centralisation
ccounting and purchasing
decentralisation
recruitment
company headquarters
make most operational
strategic
financial
marketing
functional leadership decisions