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What is Functional Organizational Structure?

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">This is the classical type of organization structure that has been commonly practiced and followed by companies and corporation around the globe&period; The major reason to implement this structure to combine expertise in the form of functional departments which include but not limit to human resource&comma; research &amp&semi; development&comma; marketing&comma; management&comma; supply chain and others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">As the name suggests&comma; in this type of organization power lies with department head&sol;team head&period; Therefore&comma; project manager has low involvement and authority&period; The project information remains within the department and if the services of other functional areas are need in that case information flow from one department to another via departmental heads&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Team members performs project work along with the departmental work that means high utilization of resources&period; &lbrack;sky&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Advantages of Functional Organization Structure<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> • Team members report to one boss&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> • Team members have permanent home&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> • Organize by expertise&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p> • Better utilization of resources&period;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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