After reading this article you will learn about the relationship between an organisation’s strategy and its design. Another current approach to organisational design is through the relationship between organisation strategy and organisational design. In the early 1960s, Alfred D. Chandler reached the conclusion that an organisation's strategy tends to influence its structure. However, the impact is not direct, but indirect. [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the relationship between centralisation and decentralisation. Apart from delegation, another important factor leading to effective organisation is the degree of centralisation or decentralisation of authority. The two terms 'centralisation' and 'decentralisation' refer to a philosophy of organisation and management that focuses on either the selective concentration (centralisation) or the dispersal (decentralisation) of [...]
There is a very close link between planning and controlling. This is shown in Fig. 17.2. This is usually the first part of the management process. In the next stage, the organising and leading functions get the actual work of the organisation done, and the controlling function is directly tied back into planning. Fig 17.2 : The Link Between Planning [...]