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The formal arrangement of roles, responsibilities, and relationships within an organization.
为了提高效率，我们需要重新设计公司的组织结构。
To improve efficiency, we need to redesign the company's organizational structure.
这个项目的组织结构非常复杂，涉及多个团队。
The organizational structure of this project is very complex, involving multiple teams.
Often visualized in an organizational chart (组织结构图).
Think of '组织结构' as 'organizing the structure'—it's about how an organization is formally structured.
Use 'organizational structure' when referring to formal hierarchies in companies, governments, or institutions. Avoid using it for informal social groups.
组织 (zǔ zhī) = organize/structure + 结构 (jié gòu) = structure. The compound emerged in modern Chinese to describe formal organizational frameworks in business and administration.
Commonly used in corporate settings to describe hierarchy and reporting lines. The term emphasizes the formal, systematic arrangement rather than informal networks.