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The contemporary Organizational Structure. The management principles introduce us to two different configurations of company’s structure. As technological advances pass and business turn more global, management experts began to propose organizational designs that they believed were better adapted to the needs of the emerging business environment (Carpenter et al., 2010). A matrix structure is a response creation to uncertainty and dynamism of the environment and combines a traditional functional Structure with a product structure. In a matrix management system, an individual has to report to a functional manage, while also working for one or more project or product manager. It can be extremely challenging for employees not to enter a potential conflict with managers or team members in this system, once there are so many managers in the process it can be confusing to whom to portray problems or who is responsible for performance evaluation. Another challenge is to avoid creating an ambiguous role and conflict of roles; an example of conflict role is to distribute instructions or objectives that cannot all be met because they are exclusive (Carpenter et.al, 2010). Not facing a reduction of Individual capability, as team members become stretched across too many initiatives give from multiples managers, it’s also challenging. The main general challenge of a Matrix organization is transparency and clarity in the coordinates. One of the benefits of the Matrix organization raised by Carpenter et al. (2010) in the text is the Increase in the efficiency of communication in the company. This type of structure allows different departments to work on a project and communicate with each other and employees reporting to several managers that cause problems to be solved more quickly. There are other benefits besides effective communication, such as increased in employee motivation since it is a structure that empowers workers. Last one is the possibility of maximizing the use of

resources; it is possible to maximize resources in the equipment and staff distribution stage within the project. Boundary less Organization which, according to Carpenter et al. (2010) is defined as eliminating traditional barriers whether they are between departments, organization or dealing with the external environment, when comes to its employees the organization has advantages in the working management since this structure provides high flexibility in the workplace and in the management of working time. Another advantage is a sense of empowerment by this structure that has low hierarchical levels and allows staff to develop their own projects. This type of company also enhances their employee’s talents. One of the disadvantages of working in a borderless structure is also based on the low level of hierarchy; this lack of greater authority can make the work environment a major chaos. These are organizations with cultural diversity among employees, and they are highly technological, which can cause communication difficulties and finally, it has its organizational distribution across the globe, which also makes it difficult to control its operations. The learning organization is based on a learning culture which prioritizes knowledge (carpenter et al., 2010). In a constantly changing environment where technology grows and organizations need to get adapt quickly, the learning organization has a long-term greatest benefit over its competitors since information is fluid and applied constantly in this structure, allowing it to remain competitive. Employee development requires training and time investment, even though most learning organizations adopt mistakes as part of the process there is still a cost for companies with this structure. Embracing negative end results as a way of learning can be a challenge for these type of companies and that, if not treated with caution, guides the organization to ruin.

As a person who is easily bored with "mechanized" tasks, and by mechanized tasks I mean those that are carried out continuously and end up being executed without much effort, it would add value to me to work in a learning organization because enables me to constantly put into practice and improve my knowledge. Another feature that strikes me in learning organizations is that they are challenging from the point of employees' emerging innovations and I particularly enjoy working with challenges.

Reference Carpenter, M., Bauer, T., & Erdogan, B. (2010). Management principles, v. 1.1. https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/management-principles-v1.1/index.html....