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Netra Shetty
Organisational Structure of Ecolab

Ecolab, Inc. (NYSE: ECL; known as Economics Laboratory prior to 1986)[1] is a St. Paul, Minnesota based sanitation supply company founded in 1923.
The company provides sanitation and pest control supplies, foodservice equipment repair and parts, food safety services and consulting to restaurants, hospitals, food and beverage plants, laundries, schools, retail and commercial properties.[2] With sales of $5.5 billion and more than 26,000 sales-and-service associates, Ecolab Inc. is the global leader[3] in cleaning, sanitizing, pest elimination services, food safety and infection prevention products and services. Ecolab delivers comprehensive programs and services to foodservice, food and beverage processing, healthcare, and hospitality markets in more than 170 countries.
Ecolab sells chemical products used by beef and poultry processors to reduce pathogens, such as E. coli and salmonella, on uncooked beef and poultry.[4]
The company stock is a component of the Standard and Poor's 500.[5]
In 2010, Ecolab was named one of the “World's Most Ethical Companies” by Ethisphere magazine. The extensive research process included reviewing over 10,000 of the world's leading companies on six continents. Fewer than 100 companies were chosen for the award.[6]
In 2010, Ecolab was ranked #365 in Fortune 500 magazine, moving up seventy three spots over last year. Ecolab also ranked 228 in terms of market value, 183 on return on sales, 111 for return on total assets, 131 for return on equity and 72 in total return (stock price plus dividends) to shareholders over the ten years ending in 2007.

CEO

Douglas Baker

Director

Jerry Grundhofer

Director

Robert Lumpkins

Director

John Zillmer

Director

Barbara Beck
Director

Leslie Biller

Director

Jerry Levin

Director

Victoria Reich

Director

Arthur Higgins

Director

Joel Johnson
Director

Scott O'Hara
CFO

Steven Fritze

Legal & Secretary

Lawrence Bell

International

Phillip Mason

EMEA

James White

Food & Beverage

Thomas Handley

Specialty, Industrial & Serv...

James Miller

Human Resources

Michael Meyer
Research & Development, CTO

LB

Some elements used to structure organizations are static; they reflect where the organization sits on a continuum, but they acknowledge that the organization occupies only one point on that continuum at a given time (although, of course, the specific point occupied can change from one time to another). One of the static elements of structure is physical design

Physical Design

The physical design of an organization has two dimensions which are influencing the overall structure. These dimensions are: (1) the qualities of the organization's physical space and the atmosphere created by the space; and (2) the arrangement of units within that space.

Most organizations are formed around an existing physical design, as when social clubs are designed to fit into the existing physical characteristics of a church or community center. A church with a large population of young families, for instance, will probably establish groups oriented toward children or toward giving support to parents. Similarly, a community center with such recreational facilities as a swimming pool and tennis courts will create groups that can use those facilities; another center, with gymnastics equipment, will form groups interested in that sport.
 
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Line Organisational Structure

Line Organisational Structure is a part of Organisational structure and it has only direct, vertical relationships between different levels in the firm.

Advantages

1. Tends to simplify and clarify authority

2. Promotes fast decision making

3. Easy to understand.
 
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