• Specialised resources are used efficiently.
• Quality is enhanced by other specialists from the same functional area.
• Opportunities exist for extensive division of labour.
• A career structure enables people to advance within their functional specialism.
• It is easier to manage specialists if they are grouped together, especially when the manager
has the same experience.
• It fosters communication between specialists and enhances the development of skill and
knowledge.
• It does not duplicate specialist resources throughout the organisation and promotes
economies of scale.
• It is suited to conditions which stress functional specialism, where the environment is stable,
and when the technology is routine, requiring little interdependence between departments.