functional organizationnoun
ukusHR[ C ] an organization that has a structure in which employees are told what to do by those more senior than them:
The management team recognizes it needs to evolve from a functional organization and encourage more decision-making at the operating levels.
[ U ] also functional structure the structure of an organization in which employees work in groups according to how senior they are, and are given tasks that match their particular skills:
One of the advantages of this more organic understanding of business is that it looks for signs of functional organization within the dynamics of business activity.