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The faster the enterprise can adapt its organizational structure to the new demands, the higher its capacity to survive is. Organizational structure functional structure the organization is structured according to functional areas instead of product lines. A functional structure is well suited to organizations which. Organizational structurestrategic managementfree online.
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