"Overall Organization Context and Structure "

Abstract

A discussion or analysis of an organization invariably begins with a description of its general context and an illustration of its organization chart. This common practice is not just a formality or habit. It is necessary to provide the uninitiated with an over view of the social and economic domain in which the organization operates and a simple "picture” of the structural configuration of the organization as a whole. The organization chart provides useful background information for in-depth assessment of an organization, and comparative studies across organizations have shown that much of the variation in overall organization structure is explained by organizational context or domain.