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Organisations : Explain The Functions Of Different Organisational Structures

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Every organisation has a different organisational structure. The private sector is funded by private investors, these invest capital into a business in hope of returning a greater capital in the future, they are generally profit drive. A public sector is an organisation generally funded by the public and state. The organisations are required to offer a service which will benefit the whole of society for example the NHS. A voluntary sector is an organisation based on non-profit, and are not funded by the state. They are used to fill gaps within the market which private and public sectors cannot do. The company I work for would fall under the private sector, our company has directors and business partners who put money into the company or use our services to benefit their own companies. 1.1 Explain the functions of different organisational structures There are many different linear organisational structures; Linear is one of the formal types of organisational structure. It is a basic arrangement, where the position of superiority (those higher up) and inferiority (those who are less important/less power) are arrange vertically. For example, each superior person will have assigned subordinates and each subordinate has a superior, for example a worker will have a supervisor, the supervisor may have a manager, and the manager may have a director, each to report/ help each other. Functional structure is also one of the formal types of organisational structure. This

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