Business Management · Unit 2: Human resource management
2.2 — Organizational structure
Business Management · SL / HL · syllabus-mapped notes
Key terminology
Types of organization chart
Appropriateness given change
The best structure depends on external factors, dynamic markets suit flatter, flexible structures; stable ones may suit taller structures.
Changing structures
Project-based organization forms teams around projects; Charles Handy’s “Shamrock Organization” combines core staff, contractors and flexible workers.