Organisational Structure
General Framework
Outline, six key elements commonly used to define the structure of an organisation identifying the
management theorist who identified each of these elements.
Then outline four factors (contingencies) that are commonly used to define the situation (the
organisational environment).
Individual Components
Each individual should select an example organisation – a real example – and suggest what you believe
to be the structure of that organisation in terms of the six key elements that are used to define
organisational structure. For your example organisation, you should define their organisational
environment in the terms of the four contingency factors and comment on the match (or mis-match) of
the organisation to its organisational environment.