Organizational Structure

by Alan S. Gutterman

Overview

Organizational structure is the way in which the members of the organization and their job responsibilities are arranged.  The organizational structure typically consists of various business units formed around functions (e.g., research and development, manufacturing, sales and marketing, finance, human resources, etc.), products, markets or customers that are arranged in a hierarchical fashion. The organizational structure includes several important components (i.e., roles, relationships, responsibilities and scope of authority and communications/reporting channels); determines how power, authority and accountability are formally distributed throughout the organization; and obviously has a strong influence on how members and different business units interact with one another and the degree to which they will share information and collaborate to achieve the overall goals and objectives of the organization.  This book is intended to be a valuable resource in identifying and implementing the appropriate structure for your organization.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940156458370
Publisher:	Sustainable Entrepreneurship Project
Publication date:	03/10/2019
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	352 KB

About the Author

Alan S. Gutterman is the Founding Director of the Sustainable Entrepreneurship Project (www.seproject.org).  In addition, Alan’s prolific output of practical guidance for legal and financial professionals, entrepreneurs and investors has made him one of the best-selling individual authors in the global legal publishing marketplace.  His cornerstone work, Business Transactions Solution, is on online-only product available and featured on Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw, the world’s largest legal content platform, which includes almost 200 book-length modules covering the entire lifecycle of a business.  Alan has also authored or edited over 70 books on sustainable entrepreneurship, management, business transactions, international business and technology management for a number of publishers including Thomson Reuters, Kluwer, Oxford, Quorum, ABA Press, Aspen, Euromoney, Business Expert Press, Harvard Business Publishing and BNA.  Alan has over three decades of experience as a partner and senior counsel with internationally recognized law firms counseling small and large business enterprises in the areas of general corporate and securities matters, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, international law and transactions and strategic business alliances, and has also held senior management positions with several technology-based businesses including service as the chief legal officer of a leading international distributor of IT products headquartered in Silicon Valley and as the chief operating officer of an emerging broadband media company.  He has been an adjunct faculty member at several colleges and universities, including Boalt Hall, Santa Clara University and the University of San Francisco, teaching classes on a range of topics including corporate finance, venture capital and law and economic development,  He received his A.B., M.B.A., and J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, a D.B.A. from Golden Gate University, and a Ph. D. from the University of Cambridge.  For more information about Alan and his activities, please contact him directly at [e-mail], follow him on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alangutterman/) and visit his website at alangutterman.com, which includes an extensive collection of links to his books and other publications and resource materials for students and practitioners of sustainable entrepreneurship.