functional structure,”groups similar jobs together into a series of departments, each headed by a manager-functions: marketing, sales, finance, manufacturing, etc-probably the “”standard””concept of an organization-departments by product, customer

functional structure,”groups similar jobs together into a series of departments, each headed by a manager-functions: marketing, sales, finance, manufacturing, etc-probably the “”standard””concept of an organization-departments by product, customer

placeAdvantages:-allows for high specialization-little duplication of resources-can achieve huge economics of scale in production-huge organizations become possible with multiple levels”