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Effective management requires proper planning, controlling, coordinating, directing and organizing in the work organization. Past studies on effective management have not been able to fully recognize organizational structure as a platform. In view of this, the study investigated organizational structure as a tool for effective management in Creativexone- Limited- Lagos. <br/>The combination of Max Weber and Henry Fayol administrative theories provided the framework. Research design was purely survey and a simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample size. The sample size was 60 from the total population of study which was 70. <br/>In respect of factors that promoted management effectiveness in the organizational structure, 75% of the respondents agreed strongly that organizational structure was instrumental to effective management, while 20.0% agreed, 3.3% disagreed & 1.7% strongly disagreed. In respect of organizational structural design of department, 40.0% of the respondents strongly agreed that the design has been of good help and 28.3% agreed with the view, while 28.3% disagreed with this view, in respect of hypothesis 1 the null hypothesis was rejected, while the alternative hypothesis was rejected, while the alternative hypothesis was accepted that stated that recognition of organizational structure has impact on management effectiveness. Hypothesis 2 also showed the acceptance of alternative hypothesis that stated achieving a better structural design is a function of organizational structure. It is also recommended that organizations should endeavor to have well-structured organization, in order to achieve the set-up objectives. <br/> |
