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Accounting Issues; A Case Study

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issues. The organisation is run in terms of a dictatorship, where individuals may contribute, but the final word is always with Mr Chang who is the chief executive. There are  three main structures a company may use, simple, functional and multidivisional which includes network structures (Structure Types, 2002, Thompson, 1998). For Pro  Tech there on paper appears to be a functional structure where there is a chief executive officer and then management functions come below this. However, the structure is also reminiscent  of that of the manager owner as all the decision are focused bon a single individual. This is the structure that the business began with and as such hit has  continued as the company has grown. The increase in size and complexity of the company with two factories and numerous staff may be seen as one that is difficult to  manage in this style. It is not unusual for a company that grows form small beginnings to outgrow the original structure type making reorganisation essential for control to be maintained  (Huczyniski and Buchanan, 1996). In looking at how the company should restructure there is a need to consider the way the companies is  going to compete. For example, the structure of a company seeking to develop a cost advantage compared to one seeking to develop an advantage of differentiation will be different. Both  of these may still be undertaken with in a functional structure framework (Mintzberg et al, 1998). Other alternatives exist, there is the  multi divisional structure, however, the company is not very large and this may be over bureaucratic. More advanced structures such as a network structure may be possible as the company