С Understanding expressions

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 637.

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Reading tasks

Read the text about the different ways in which companies are organised and answer these questions.

1. Four main kinds of organisational structure are described in the article. What are they?

2. Is one kind of organisational structure more common than the others?

3. When did “delayering” take place?

4. What were the reasons for delayering and what were the results?

5. How does Julia MacLauchlan describe Microsoft's organisational structure?

Match these definitions with the four organisational structures described in the text.

1. A cross-functional structure where people are organised into project teams.

2. A structure rather like the army, where each person has their place in a fixed hierachy.

3. A structure that enables a company to operate internationally, country by country.

4. A structure organised around different products.

These words and expressions are used in the text to describe different aspects of organisational structure. Which are positive and which are negative?

1. clear lines of communication (line 15) positive

2. bureaucratic set up (line 16)

3. speedy decision-making (line16)

4. traditional hierarchical structure (line 34)

5. customercentric approach (line 41)

6. freedom to innovate (line 45)

7. flat organisational structure (line 47)