Design of organizational structure

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Complete the matrix below to design your ideal organizational structure.

Select one of these five businesses for which you will design an organizational structure:

1. Betty's Baby Boutique
2. Veterans' Memorial Hospital
3. Jupiter Graphic Design
4. DoItYourselfHomeworkProjects.com
5. White Noise Communications

Remember that although this is your business, it would be wise to create an organizational structure that best supports both the needs of the business and its employees.

I have chosen the following organization:

1. DoItYourselfHomeworkProjects.com

Design an organizational structure for your chosen business using the table below.

Business
1 <Enter the name of the business you selected here.>

2 Structure (Simple, Bureaucracy, etc.)
<Enter the organizational structure you selected here.>

3 Number of Employees
<Enter an approximate number of employees here.>

4 Work Specialization
<Describe to what degree activities will be subdivided into separate jobs at your business.>

5 Departmentalization
<Describe the basis on which jobs will be grouped together at your business.>

6 Chain of Command
<Describe to whom individuals and groups will report at your business.>

7 Span of Control
<Describe approximately how many individuals a manager will efficiently and effectively direct at your business.>

8 Centralization and Decentralization
<Describe which of the employees and management has decision-making authority.>

9 Formalization
<Describe to what degree rules and regulations will be used to direct employees and managers.>
10 Summary
<Summarize how your employees will respond to your business' organizational structure, and what overall employee behavior will be like.>

See following:

Business:
Homework website

Structure
Ours will be boundary less organization. This type of organization is flat and flexible. A flat and flexible organization that promotes innovative ideas; easy to join, easy to resign; also possible to expel a member. Thus the organization's focus is on adapting and changing in response to the external environment. A flexible organization has the capability to change in response to the environment
http://www.idealist.org/media/en/hrp/docsmedia/AssessingimpactHR.pdf.

Number of Employees
We will have small team of full time employees of around 8 and rest will be freelancers.

Work Specialization
This will be as follows:
1) We will have subject experts for different subjects
2) Our work specialization for full time employees will be limited as they ...