Search the Internet for organisational structures. You should try a number of organisations including governmental and charity organisations. Some useful examples of organisational structure are given by:

• Parker Pens – a structure very largely based on geographical regions –

why? Try www.competition-commission.org.uk.

• Gillette – a complicated structure which uses both product group and geographical regions.

• Nomura Research Institute – a service organisation largely based on customers and products. Try http://www.nri.co.jp/english/company/org.html.

• Serious Fraud Office – a governmental structure based on procedural responsibilities. Try http://www.sfo.gov.uk/about/structure.asp.

• For a really complex organisational structure look at the organisation chart for Microsoft, which can be found at:

http://www.directionsonmicrosoft.com/sample/DOMIS/orgchart/sample/orgchart.h2 You might also try to locate the organisational structure for a “virtual organisation” such as Amazon or eBay.