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Functional Structure

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Advantages: Increased efficiency, specialization, clear career paths. Disadvantages: Silos and communication barriers, difficult to adapt to change, limited view of organizational goals.

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Divisional Structure

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Advantages: Autonomy, flexibility, focused expertise. Disadvantages: Duplication of resources, competition between divisions, isolated approaches to market.

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Matrix Structure

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Advantages: Dynamic and flexible, resource sharing, expertise from multiple departments. Disadvantages: Conflicting priorities, complex reporting relationships, potential power struggles.

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Flatarchy Structure

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Advantages: Quick decision-making, employee empowerment, innovation encouragement. Disadvantages: Role ambiguity, potential for overload, lack of structure.

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Team-Based Structure

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Advantages: Collaboration, flexibility, employee engagement. Disadvantages: Ambiguity in role definition, lack of clear hierarchy, potential for conflict.

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Network Structure

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Advantages: Access to worldwide talent, reduced overhead costs, scalability. Disadvantages: Lack of control, dependence on external entities, coordination challenges.

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Hierarchical Structure

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Advantages: Clear chain of command, defined roles and responsibilities, traditional and easy to understand. Disadvantages: Slow decision-making, risk of disconnect between upper and lower levels, bureaucracy.

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Holacratic Structure

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Advantages: Distributed leadership, rapid iteration, individual accountability. Disadvantages: Confusing power dynamics, steep learning curve, not suited for all industries.

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Boundaryless Organization

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Advantages: Innovation, adaptability, limitless partnerships. Disadvantages: Lack of hierarchy can cause confusion, challenges in maintaining a unified culture, reliance on personal initiative.

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Process-Based Structure

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Advantages: Focus on workflow and process efficiency, clear understanding of process ownership, streamlined operations. Disadvantages: Can be rigid, departmental boundaries still exist, potential for suboptimization.

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Modular Organization

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Advantages: Flexibility to swap out modules, focus on core competencies, responsiveness to market changes. Disadvantages: Dependency on suppliers, potential for quality control issues, coordination complexity.

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Projectized Organization

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Advantages: Focused project teams, clear objectives, flexibility. Disadvantages: Limited resources, potential for conflict between projects, instability of employment.

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Virtual Organization

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Advantages: Low overhead costs, access to global talents, high scalability. Disadvantages: Challenges in building trust, reliance on technology, potential isolation of team members.

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Learning Organization

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Advantages: Continuous improvement, adaptability, knowledge sharing. Disadvantages: Time and resource investment in learning, potential analysis paralysis, possible lack of focus on results.

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Blitzscaling

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Advantages: Rapid scaling, potential market dominance, attraction of investors. Disadvantages: High risk and burnout rates, potential quality compromise, scalability challenges.

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Cooperative Structure

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Advantages: Democratic governance, member engagement, shared profits. Disadvantages: Slower decision-making process, potential for conflict among members, less incentive for outside investors.

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Circular Structure

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Advantages: Focus on communication, strategic positioning of leaders, transparency. Disadvantages: Non-traditional, can be confusing, may not scale well in larger organizations.

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Platform Structure

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Advantages: Scalability, network effects, ecosystem value creation. Disadvantages: Dependence on user growth, challenge in maintaining balance, platform governance complexity.

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Cellular/Organic Structure

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Advantages: Adaptability, innovation, employee empowerment. Disadvantages: Difficult to maintain control, potential for duplication, risk of internal competition.

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Customer-Centric Structure

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Advantages: Alignment with customer needs, quick response to feedback, improved customer satisfaction. Disadvantages: May ignore other important business functions, resource-intensive, customer priorities can conflict.

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