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Business organisation and structure

1.7 Boundaryless structure

Boundaryless organisations are essentially an unstructured design that is not
constrained by having a chain of command or formal departments, with the focus
instead being on flexibility.

There are a number of different types of boundaryless organisations that you need to
be aware of.

Virtual
Hollow Boundaryless organisations:
organisations: organisations  outsources
 split
many of its
functions functions
into core and simply
and non-
exists as a
core Modular network of

activities organisations: contracts.
(these are
outsourced)  manufacturing
company is
broken down into
components.

Each component
is made by the
company or
outsourced.

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