ACCA Applied Knowledge · Business and Technology · Business organisational structure
A software company has no permanent departments. Small teams of specialists form around each client project, with each team disbanding when the project ends and members then joining new teams. Which feature of modern structures does this best illustrate?
This illustrates flexible, project-based working. Teams of specialists form around each client project and disband when it ends, which contrasts with bureaucracy, permanent functional departments or centralised command and control.
- AFlexible, project-based workingCorrect
- BRigid bureaucracy
- CStrict functional specialisation
- DCentralised command and control
Explanation
Temporary teams formed around projects and disbanded afterwards show flexible, project-based (adhocracy-style) working. Bureaucracy and strict functional specialisation involve fixed rules and permanent departments. Centralised control is not indicated.
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