Organizational Structure - Formal and Informal Organizational Structure | Line & Staff Organization

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Organizational structure refers to the hierarchical framework that outlines how specific activities will be directed to achieve organizational goals.

Organizational structure in a company helps to define the position and function of every employee including their role, responsibility, and who they will report to.

There are two types of organizational structure

1. Formal Organizational Structure
2. Informal Organizational Structure

Formal Organizational Structure – Features

Formal organizational structure refers to a systematic framework created for achieving efficient utilization of resources. Its features are
• Intentionally created for an organized approach
• Achieving organizational goals
• Defined job position of every employee
• Fixed authority
• Defined superior-subordinate relationship
• Defined chain of communication and command

Informal Organizational Structure

Informal Organizational Structure refers to the friendly and social group of employees who are assigned different job positions at the same time.

Informal Organizational Structure – Features
• Created unintentionally
• Achieving psychological satisfaction
• Flow of communication and command is not defined

Factor Affecting Organizational Structure
1. Size
2. Life Cycle
3. Strategy
4. Business environment

Line and Staff Organization

Line and Staff Organization refers to the administrative organization where staff supervisors and specialists are appointed by including supportive activities to the line of command.

Features of Line and Staff Organization
1. Includes staff assistants and staff supervisors
2. A modified version of the line organization
3. Specialization of work
4. Divided functional areas
5. Both line and staff authority flow at the same time
6. Command remains with line executive


This video is on Organizational Structure and it has the following sub-topics.

Time Stamps
0:00 Introduction to Organizational Structure
00:39 Formal Organizational Structure – Features
01:19 Informal Organizational Structure  
01:42 Informal Organizational Structure – Features
02:21 Factor Affecting Organizational Structure
03:32 Line and Staff Organization
04:15 Features of Line and Staff Organization
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