Organizational Structure

by Alan S. Gutterman

Overview

Organizational structure is the way in which the members of the organization and their job responsibilities are arranged.  The organizational structure typically consists of various business units formed around functions (e.g., research and development, manufacturing, sales and marketing, finance, human resources, etc.), products, markets or customers that are arranged in a hierarchical fashion. The organizational structure includes several important components (i.e., roles, relationships, responsibilities and scope of authority and communications/reporting channels); determines how power, authority and accountability are formally distributed throughout the organization; and obviously has a strong influence on how members and different business units interact with one another and the degree to which they will share information and collaborate to achieve the overall goals and objectives of the organization.  This book is intended to be a valuable resource in identifying and implementing the appropriate structure for your organization.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940156458370
Publisher:	Sustainable Entrepreneurship Project
Publication date:	03/10/2019
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	353 KB

About the Author

This book was written by Alan S. Gutterman, whose prolific output of practical guidance and tools for legal and financial professionals, managers, entrepreneurs, and investors has made him one of the best-selling individual authors in the global legal publishing marketplace.  Alan has authored or edited over 300 book-length works on entrepreneurship, business law and transactions, sustainability, impact investment, business and human rights and corporate social responsibility, civil and human rights of older persons, and international business for several publishers including Thomson Reuters, Practical Law, Kluwer, Aspatore, Oxford, Quorum, ABA Press, Aspen, Sweet & Maxwell, Euromoney, Business Expert Press, Harvard Business Publishing, CCH, and BNA.  His cornerstone work, Business Transactions Solution, is an online-only product available and featured on Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw, the world’s largest legal content platform, which covers the entire lifecycle of a business.  Alan has extensive experience as a partner and senior counsel with internationally recognized law firms counseling small and large business enterprises, and has also held senior management positions with several technology-based businesses including service as the chief legal officer of a leading international distributor of IT products headquartered in Silicon Valley and as the chief operating officer of an emerging broadband media company.  He has been an adjunct faculty member at several colleges and universities, and he has also launched and oversees projects relating to promoting the civil and human rights of older persons and a human rights-based approach to entrepreneurship.  He received his A.B., M.B.A., and J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, a D.B.A. from Golden Gate University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, and he is also a Credentialed Professional Gerontologist (CPG).  For more information about Alan and his activities, please contact him directly at [e-mail], follow him on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alangutterman/), and visit his personal website at www.alangutterman.com to view a comprehensive listing of his works and subscribe to receive updates.  Many of Alan’s research papers and other publications are also available through SSRN and Google Scholar.