Question

Explain the limitation of linear organization structure.

Answer 1

• Linear organization flows from top to bottom with top having unlimited powers and bottom level, minimal.
• Linear organization gives more importance to department than work. This is the greatest limitation of linear organization structure.
• Linear organization does not have scope for specialized work because the stress is more on departments and less on functions.
• The administrators and officers in one unit have to perform many several types of tasks. Naturally, all of them are not experts in all the types of works.