QUESTION 1.2 - Suggest a suitable organisational structure for the business to support knowledge management foundations. Please suggest which structure!!

The answer should include:

1. Discuss on how different organisational structures affect knowledge management.
2. Include the following when answering the question:

• The hierarchical structure of the organisation affects the people with whom everyone frequently interacts, and to or from whom he is consequently likely to transfer knowledge.
• By decentralising or flattening their organisation structures, companies often seek to eliminate organisational layers, thereby placing more responsibility with each individual and increasing the size of groups reporting to everyone.
• Organisation structures can facilitate knowledge management through communities of practice.
• Organisation structures can facilitate knowledge management through specialised structures and roles that specifically support knowledge management.