The role organisational structur SHRM

1. 5 The role of organisational structure in SHRM: the basis for effectiveness? Learning Outcomes By the end of this chapter you should be able to: define the term organisational structure and evaluate its links to strategy; describe and analyse conceptual approaches to the design of organisational structures and discuss their strategic implications; identify principal forms of organisational structure and explore their main effects on those who work within them at both a theoretical and practical level; analyse the relationship between organisational structure and SHRM.

2. Figure 5.1 Mapping the role of organisational structure in SHRM: a summary diagram of the chapter content

3. Figure 5.2Structural types related to the interaction between environmental complexity and stability

4. Figure 5.3Representation of a functional structure

5. Figure 5.4Representations of a divisionalised structure

6. Figure 5.5 Representation of a matrix organisation

7. Figure 5.6 Individual responsibility under different types of matrix structure

8. Figure 5.7Representation of a project-based structure

9. Figure 5.8 Representations of network forms

10. Figure 5.9Representation of a cellular form