APPLICATION

Simple Structure: A sole proprietorship has a simple organizational structure; it is are

owned and operated by a single individual who has the final say about strategic,
financial and marketing matters. Even if a sole proprietor hires employees, a sole
proprietorship is, in effect, a benevolent dictatorship. The business owner does not have
to answer to anyone regarding decisions about business operations. He only needs to
keep business operations safe and legal and run a business that is profitable enough to
meet its financial obligations.

Fuctional Structure: The functional structure feature of Starbucks Coffees

organizational structure refers to grouping based on business function. For example, the
company has an HR department, a finance department and a marketing department.
These departments are most pronounced at the top levels of Starbucks Coffees
organizational structure, such as at the corporate headquarters. This feature relates
with hierarchy in the organizational structure of Starbucks. For instance, the corporate
HR department implements policies applicable to all Starbucks cafs. The functional
structure feature of the firms organizational structure facilitates top-down monitoring
and control, with the CEO at the top.

Divisional Structure: For an organization as big as Coca-Cola, it is vital that the methods
they adopt for the division of work among members of the organization are effective and
successful. They have achieved this through global and local strategies. The division of
labor can be unique in many organizations. It has been coined a production process in
which a worker or group of workers are assigned a specialized task in order to increase
efficiency. This is the case for the Coca Cola Company. Primarily the company has a
very tall hierarchy in place and subordinates that are then divided up by regions. The
Coca Cola Company being a truly global organization uses the design of division of
work by location. Each area/region has a certain amount of subordinates designated to
that specific area; however, the number of employees delegated to one region may be
different to another. By dividing its employees up according to geographic location, the
company benefits on many levels. For example, being closer to a certain market allows
the teams involved to work accordingly with regards to advertising campaigns, meeting
the tastes of consumers of that region etc. Each region is then sub divided e.g. Europe
divided up in to North West and South East, Nordic and Baltic.