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Group-7

VIVEK KAPOOR

ALLEN SANGEET

SAMRATANKIT JAIN

SUDHANSHU

NIRAJ SINGH

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Questiony In an organization where the knowledge workers hold

the key to business operations, a decentralized

structure is a motivator for employees in a tallstructure. Explain this in the context of the Indianinformation technology industry.

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What is decentralizationy Decentralization is the process of dispersing decision-making

governance closer to the employees.

y Decentralization also called departmentalization is the policy ofdelegating decision-making authority down to the lower levels inan organization, relatively away from and lower in a central

authority. A decentralized organization shows fewer tiers in theorganizational structure, wider span of control, and a bottom-to-top flow of decision-making and flow of ideas.

y In a more decentralized organization, the top executives delegatemuch of their decision-making authority to lower tiers of the

organizational structure. As a correlation, the organization islikely to run on less rigid policies and wider spans of controlamong each officer of the organization

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Tall Structure

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Advantages of tall structuresy There is a narrow span of control ie each manager has a small

number of employees under their control. This means thatemployees can be closely supervised

y There is a clear management structure

y The function of each layer will be clear and distinct. There willbe clear lines of responsibility and control.

y Clear progression and promotion ladder

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Motivationy It added more freedom for the employees.

y They had their to think and work

y This lead into Innovation of products.y Could work according to their conviniance.