Report on conditions under which organizations should consider changing their existing structures and the benefits which may be excepted structure.

Introduction Nowadays we are placing on a constantly changed business environment. The global economy is full of both problems and opportunities. Finding out an appropriate organizational structure to grasp opportunities at the meantime solve problems has become one of the biggest business concerns of contemporary management. To understand why today's rapid change is causing traditional structures to be replaced by more responsive ones, it is useful understand two important factors, namely environment change and technology …

…decision-making benefits, communications benefits and managerial control benefits (Staniforth, 1994). On the other hand, there is no a set of general benefits fits various organizations. Just as Burnes (1996, cited in Dunphy and Stace, 1993) stated "Turbulent times demand different responses in varied circumstances. So managers and consultants need a model of change that is essentially a "situational" or "contingency model", one that indicates how to vary change strategies to achieve "optimum fit" with the changing environment". (2,492 words)