Essays on Organizational Design

Abstract

Organizational designs refer to the way the management achieve the best combination of integration and differentiation on operations. Police are one of the law enforcement agencies that operate under various organizational designs. The Boston Police Department is divided into 11 neighborhoods districts and three zones. The organizational design model in the chapter is the line and staff structure. Boston Massachusetts Police Department uses the line and structure model. Line and staff structure enable line staff to gain knowledge and skills from the staff managers. The Boston Police Department has adopted a working design. The BPD should clearly indicate the ...

Organizational Design

Contrary to typical assumptions that will associate the concept of organization design with that of structuring organizational charts and the likes, organization design has a more comprehensive and practical designation than it really sounds. There is a holistic way of looking at organization design –it is the modeling and alignment of all the involved elements of an organization with the intention of achieving an agreed upon objective. Organizational design is a forthright organizational process with a pertinence so outspoken, that it should literally be addressed in every status meeting of every department on that organization. Organization design is carried ...

Question 1

The success of small organizations and especially fast-growing technology-based companies is depended on their ability to solve managerial and control challenges in time. Achieva being a fast growing internet solutions company has weak managerial and control systems to enable effective control, coordination and direction of employees. Effective management and organizational control are realized when the top managers are able to get things done by directing and coordinating the workforce. Further, the management has the responsibility of organizing resources within the capacity of the organization to ensure that organizational strategic goals are achieved. In essence, proper coordination of organizational resources ...

Critical Management Exam

Gender Gender equality has been a subject of debates and long discussions of human rights protectors. Equal access to education, equal opportunities to professional growth and equal rights in advancing careers are the key goals of the governments of the most developed countries in the world. Gender inequality has been considered as the cause of many imbalances in society that often lead to decline of its overall level. Modern world’s conditions and technological developments allow women and men to leave gender stereotypes in the past and discover opportunities on the equal basis (Linstead, 2000). Equal opportunities start with ...

Southwest Airlines strategy

Learning Activity #1 Organizations have heavily invested in developing their strategy, and it is found that even the best strategies often fail. There are certain reasons behind that and organizations are unable to implement a sound strategy in an effective manner. During the last week, I have used the Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM) tool to evaluate the merger and strategy for Southwest Airline. It was identified that the strategy would be probably acceptable, and it is a more attractive strategy that can increase the performance and operational effectiveness of the company. The organization design has a significant impact ...

Issues in Business: Case Analysis – Risk Analysis

Issues in Business: Case Analysis – Risk Analysis

Introduction

The case study under analysis herein, assumes a larger business venture of an online streaming video service Netflix. The company, as any other commercial enterprise, needs to secure its online proprietary data, as well as protect its software learning environment from unpaid subscribers, or unauthorized hackers. Historically, the company just started one year ago, in the context of the case study. The perspective of this written report is from a consultant. According to Gill (2012) IT risk lays at the heart of business, although many treat this aspect “as an afterthought,” and ...

1. Introduction As the new District Manager at new Dunkin Donuts stores, many factors need to be identified and evaluated for the successful opening and operation of stores. As the district manager, there are several responsibilities that need to be executed effectively to achieve the operational goals of Dunkin Donuts. Operation of new stores would require identification of trends, innovative ideas, and achieving target turnovers. There are several important decisions that need to be taken for the successful opening and operation of new stores such as preparing the job design and organizational design, recruitment and selection process, and training ...

Introduction

Organizations refer to entities or enterprises with distinct goals and aspirations, which operate within strict definitions or boundaries (Senior, 2002). In this perspective, organizational change is a phenomenon that occurs in every organization with a wide operation base. However, the magnitude of change is dependent on the size of the organization or the complexity of operations that the company or an organization engages in, either in products or customers. Moreover, organizational change can also be planned by the organization or unplanned. Unplanned organizational change is a result of external and internal forces that lead to the change of operations ...

In this part of the report, critical incidents regarding organization design and human resources practices are discussed from occurred in different scenarios of the film MoneyBall. The film is based on the true story that has occurred in Oakland with a General Manager. Organizations adopt different wants to bring change in the organizational design to remain competitive. The strategy of change is one of the fundamental aspects that require innovative ways to create distinct ways of business practices to optimize performance. In the film, MoneyBall there are different human resource management practices which can be implemented in a business ...

Samsung Electronics

The name of the company is Samsung, which is a multinational conglomerate company. The link to the original website is www.samsung.com.

BACKGROUNG and HISTORY

Samsung is headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. The South Korean multinational conglomerate has numerous subsidiaries and affiliation with several businesses. The largest chaebol of South Korea was founded in 1938 by Lee Byung-chul. The business started as a trading company, but the group expanded itself by diversifying into areas such as textiles, insurance, retail, securities, and food processing. In the late 1960s, the company stepped in the electronic industry. Samsung was separated into four groups in 1987 following ...

7. Describe three different leadership styles and give examples of a situation in which each style could be most used effectively.

Autocratic Leadership- Leader makes decisions without consulting others. The manager takes the decision, announces it and then ‘sells’ it to his subordinates. Works best in situations like a new start-up where the employees are new and await directions. Participative or Democratic Leadership - Decision making is collectively shared between the managers and the employees. The manager presents a tentative decision which may be subject to change. The manager may present the problem, seek suggestions and then ask the ...

My new role in this expansion for growth of The Dunkin Donuts by opening five new locations is huge task that I plan to undertake in the most professional way possible. Based on my past experiences in job staffing, leading, training, couching, and managing employees, which have contributed to my success in the previous position at Dunkin Donuts, I believe I can extent the same expertise to this new role. In my new role, I Intent to adopt a more advanced job design, organizational design, recruitment and selection process, and training and performance appraisal measures to ensure successful opening ...

In this paper, I am assuming myself as an administrator at Sunlight Hospital in California. The main complaint from patients is about the quality of care that needs to be improved with immediate actions. Employees, who work in this hospital including the staff technicians etc., are always very busy with their duties. They do not have much time to deal with minor problems of patients. Therefore, it is the duty of administration to keep an eye on each and every issue that a patient faces related to his or her stay at the hospital and in particular those issues ...

Introduction

Human resource management is an important part of the organization since it determines the productivity of employees, their quality of output, and eventually customer satisfaction. It involves the identification of talents and selection of the most valuable talents to the organization. The organization is responsible for utilizing these skills through clear job designs that specify the job of every individual. The organizational structure determines the relationship between employees at various levels and determines efficiency in performing various tasks (Gilmore & Williams, 2009 p.56). New Dunkin Donuts stores demand a clear plan of their operation and management. Human resources are crucial ...

Organizational behavior is an important aspect of any company. Organizational behavior, according to Clegg, Komberger and Pitsis (2011), is defined as the processes and practices that provide the opportunity for individuals to perform to their utmost ability through interaction (2011). Based on this definition, businesses and companies should seek to understand the different types of personalities that work at their respective organization. In doing so, it not only allows for better operation, because employees and staff are continually motivated to do not only the right thing, but to be productive. One organization that thoroughly understands the concept of organizational ...

Miller(2011)defines organizational communication as “the process through which individuals stimulate meaning in the minds of others by means of verbal and non-verbal messages in the context of a formal organization”. The importance of studying organizational communication is to identify and resolve problems in the communication channels. Seamless communication and interpretation of signals in an organization would result in higher efficiency and productivity. One of the most important factors in determining the effectiveness of communication flows is the organizational design. Most organizations are divided into either; tall or flat organizations on the basis of hierarchy.

A tall organization ...

The essence of this study is to look at communication in both a tall organizational structure and a flat organizational structure. Communication is the key to any successful organization, whether in a tall communicational stricter or a flat communication structure.

Miller (2011) defines organizational communication as “the process through which individuals stimulate meaning in the minds of others by means of verbal and non-verbal messages in the context of a formal organization” (Miller, 2011). The importance of studying organizational communication is to identify and resolve problems in the communication channels. Seamless communication and interpretation of signals in the organization would result in higher ...

Creative organizations are those that rely on highly innovative products and processes to create opportunities in a market where none existed. Such organizations can also be considered to be entrepreneurial in nature. Several scholars including and have acknowledged that corporate entrepreneurship in creative organizations can be effectively utilized to competitively position an organization and transform not only the firm itself, but also its environment such as the market, competition, and industries, through the identification, creation and exploitation of opportunities.

In the context of a globalized corporate environment, the supply chain of a company forms a crucial part of an organization’s competitive strategy ...

Much like the architectural blueprint of a house which reflects its functional layout depending on the wishes and needs of the client, the design of an organization is also indicative of its function as delineated by its founders. Design consists of people, the division of labor into different units and coordination between them (Jonker et al., 2012). This means getting people to assume roles and responsibilities, defining the relationships between various roles, setting up processes to get all tasks done, and establishing systems to facilitate these processes. External and internal factors influence organizational design at the onset and continually reshape ...

Lean manufacturing helps GM to control production to meet customer needs by applying organizational design, planning and looking at employee function. This is possible as Lean Manufacturing aims at making GM an excellence entity in quality and utilizes management control techniques and technologies. Furthermore, it has enabled GM to reduce the quantity of resources used by the firm in providing goods and services for clients. it has also contributed to the aspect of making the organization efficient, as its entity is to eliminate waste and therefore using less labor, materials and time in order to give clients what they ...

Introduction

Southwest Airlines is a passenger airline that provides air transport services in the United States of America. The airline has been a role model for not only other domestic airlines but also other businesses from different industries. The company has witnessed massive growth and development throughout the years and part of this growth has been attributed to the company’s overall organizational structure and design. The fact that the company belongs to the “low cost” market segment has also been a contributing factor to its success. This paper seeks to conduct a comprehensive analysis of Southwest Airline organization structure and design and provide ...

Introduction

Changes in the business environment may have adverse effects on individual organizations. An evaluation of Friendly bank demonstrates that it faces a significant problem. First, the organization is facing an organizational culture problem. The problem can be attributed to the changes in the organizational design that have transformed the operations of the organization. The move has caused confusion among employees who have found themselves in a dilemma. They could either leave the organization or work in departments that they had not applied for. The changes in the organizational structure were prompted by two significant trends in the banking industry. First, rapid ...

The Organizational Design Analysis of Apple Inc. and Netflix, Inc. The organizational design of any company is going to showcase how they are different from everyone else, how they differ in product, strategy, business techniques, administratively as well as the type of employees they hire. Characteristics in companies such as Apple and Netflix showcase just how unique a company can be behind the scenes. Subscribing to the massive video rental and streaming corporation or buying an iPhone in an Apple store doesn’t mean the company’s organizational design is completely apparent to the consumer. The best way to ...

Introduction

This case study focuses on the opening of new Dunkin Donut locations. Dunkin Donuts is an international donut and coffee house company with headquarters at Canton, Massachusetts. The company belongs to the food and beverage industry. The company offers baked foods such as donuts and bagels; iced beverages; hot beverages; soft drinks and frozen beverages (Rangaswamy, 2012). The management of Dunkin Donuts franchise intends to open five new stores in two years’ time. This case study presents the job design (Franchise manager, baker, accounting manager and coffee maker); organizational design; recruitment and selection procedures and the training and performance ...

Pfizer is a global pharmaceutical company that has embraced and inculcated new organizational structures in the search for ways to help its employees be more effective and efficient. PfizerWork is an organizational structure in the company introduced by the senior director of organizational effectiveness. It developed after studies showed that employees in the pharmaceutical company spent lots of time, 20-40 percent, on support works that included creating documents, typing notes, doing research, scheduling meetings and manipulating data. The time would have gotten used on knowledge work that only got 60-80 percent of their time’s share. Introduction of this new ...

The airline sector has in the past contributed greatly to the economic growth of countries due to increasing demand for travel services both in developed and developing countries. The reason behind the increasing demand for flying is because it is one of the greatest achievements on this earth. This paper evaluates Southwest Airlines in terms of its mission, strategic leadership, corporate culture, systems and organizational structure because the overall organizational behavior comprises of these identifiable components. Understanding the long-term and short-term effectiveness of strategies as well as their impacts on political, psychological, fiscal and environmental arenas on behavior is ...

Introduction

Work is essential to the society as it is the major source of production. Therefore, work and production are related, and this relationship is essentially interrelated with the technology. The three main components of technology used for services and goods production in the society include the knowledge, materials, and operations technology. Technology pervades each aspect of the contemporary business enterprise. The operations technologies have essentially turned out to be an inherent component of working lives within the contemporary organizations. In the modern world, the process, content, and structure of work have changed. In essence, work is now more cognitively ...

Introduction

Change has become an essential part of the organizational strategy. In today’s competitive environment, organizations need to change its strategies, policies, structure and style if they want to be successful and meet the changing needs (Martin, 2006). Moreover, with the changing external and internal environment, an organization needs to adjust accordingly to be successful. Organizations face consequences of being rigid if they do not change at the right time. Thus, it shows that the organization should change with the changing environment. Organizations need to consider different aspects when they are planning to grow and expand, and therefore to ...

Figure 1 Generated and Projected Revenue from global automobile industry 6 Figure 2 Total Revenue and Net Profit after Tax of Toyota in Australia during 2008-2013 7 Figure 3 Total Revenue and Net Profit after Tax of Mitsubishi in Australia during 2009-2014 9 Figure 4 Total Revenue and Net Profit after Tax of Hyundai in Australia during 2008-2013 10

International Business Management: Global Operation of Toyota, Mitsubishi and Hyundai

Forewords International business management refers to the strategies and approaches adopted to further the cause of business development on a global basis. Strategies may encompass the corporate strategy, organizational design, and supply chain structure of the industry. ...

Introduction

Organizations are complex mechanisms, where individual values and personality traits are challenged by the interpersonal communication and often clashes of interest with other members. The reality shows, however, that each organization works in a manner, which cannot prevent them from building on team work and the system of group and intergroup activities, relevant for organizational effectiveness and productivity (Peng, 2014). Various factors affect the activities, productivity and effectiveness of the groups, and these factors are both, internal and external. The objective of this document is to analyze the activities and group work at the coffee manufacturer, involved in direct sales ...

Apple Inc.,

The company was developed back in 1997 and it was co-founded by Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs who did the marketing. The company introduced their first Apple 1 computer in 1976 but was unsuccessful but later launched Apple in 1980 which was successful (The Financial Times, 2012). The company has experienced ups and down within the competitive industry. Steve Jobs is credited for leading the company towards the global heights with increased annual sales and a very competitive and expensive global brand. The late Steve Jobs turned around Apple almost bankrupt back in 1996 hence named as world’s most ...

- PESTEL Strength and Weaknesses In the fast growing business environment the role of MNC’s has become more important and the target markets are considered to be the developing economies, which bring a great opportunity and motives for international corporations to expand and aggressively grow the market size in a short period of time. Although the incentives and growing needs of population implement the huge needs and more prospects in emerging markets, it is however, becoming more complicated for Multinationals or any other businesses to target the right sized market and make a segmentation of right population. These and more ...

Management

Organizational structures - Is the formal setup and control of employee activities and their relationship with their employers. - Coordinates the employee’s activities in motivation, reward, and punishment. - Shapes the behaviors of employees in the workplace therefore shaping the culture of an organization. - The process of organizational design can also be used to change and manage the structure.

Organizational design and change

- Organizational design and change are managed by structure and culture. - It also manages the longevity and relevance of a company. - Balance is vital in organizational design and change

Organizational culture

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- Introduction LSI Corporation is an international electronics company. The company deals with designing software and semiconductors used for acceleration of storage and networking in datacenters. The products and services are also useful for mobile networks and client computing. The company’s headquarters is situated at San Jose – California. The company was founded in the year 1981 by: - Bill O’Meara, - Rob Walker and - Mitchell Bohn. - Top executives of LSI The first chief executive officer to serve the company was Wilfred Corrigan. Currently, under the stewardship of the company’ ...

First, I understood that Antony Downs (1968) explains that bureaucracy is a pivotal element of the society in decision making. Instead of elected leaders making decisions, bureaucrats actually make the most decisions that affect the society. Antony Down (1968) also reasons that bureaucratic officials are, like all other sectors of the economy motivated by their own-self interest. In the end effective public administration policy, is a delicate balancing act that requires the understanding of people’s wishes as well as the needs of the citizens. Second, I also became aware that it is important to be understood that there is ...

Bank of America: Online Banking

The Bank of America is one of the largest banks in America with an international presence. In terms of the asset base, the bank is the second largest in the United States of America. With the emergence of information technology, the bank introduced online banking affording the customers real time opportunities to transact business over the online platforms. However, the implementation of the online banking system has been plagued with a number of challenges occasioning a performance gap in the overall organization. One area that needs improvement relates to the training of the employees on the online applications. In this paper, a ...

Organizational Design

Any operating organization should have its own structure in order to operate efficiently. An organizational structure is the hierarchy of people in regards to the management of an organization. An organization’s structure is also supposed to describe the functions of each hierarchy or level within the organization. It is also important to note that an organization’s structure can be an important aspect that can be used to describe the character of an organization and its values. Every organization needs a structure for it to operate systematically thus enabling it to keep its activities well-coordinated. In some cases, ...

Organizational design

According to Burton, Obel and DeSanctis (2011) organizational design refers to a formal, deliberate and guided process of configuring processes, structures, people practices, and reward systems in an attempt to achieve organizational strategies. Organizational design assists workers in working effectively and productively. An organizational design reflects the nature or flow of work in an organization, as well as means and ways that employees use to interact (Tony, 2010). Implementing, a well established organizational design, creates an effective work flow, provides an alignment throughout the broader organization and enables employee’s performance (Burton, Obel and DeSanctis, 2011). An organization’s structure ...

1. What are the links between organisational design and structure Illustrate your points with real-life examples. My Coca-Cola experience allowed me to understand that there is no doubt that organizational structure and design are concepts that intermingle. One summer, I worked for a Coca-Cola bottling company in Singapore. The first and key stakeholder group of the Coca Cola Company is the employees. Employees are a key asset for any company that wants to compete with other players in any industry. Coca Cola Enterprises has 73000 individuals who run the production facilities, sales, distribution centres, and administrative offices all over the ...

Introduction

An organizational structure comprises the activities like task allocation, management, and supervision that are essentially directed towards the accomplishment of the organizational aims. This means that this phenomenon is actually considered as a perspective or viewing glasses by which people see their organization as well as its environment. Therefore, organizational structure is how an organization arranges jobs and individuals so that the work can be performed diligently for goals achievement. For a very small work group where face-to-face communication is common, formal structure may not be necessary. Nevertheless, in an organization that is large, the management has to make informed ...

- Introduction: 1. Discussion of the challenges of reactive leadership. What background is necessary for your reader to understand the problems presented? 2. Your introduction should at minimum: - Set the stage (frame the case study problem and key issues). - Discuss the challenges that are presented. - Design some measurement or testing system to measure change of case study problem. - Discuss the leadership foundations that may help or hinder problem solution. - Discuss organizational design strengths or weaknesses. - Discuss communication strategies—successful or otherwise. 3. All introductions ...

Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. is a multinational corporation with a global presence. In the latest financial standings, it has the highest value by the prices of stock. Apple Inc. supplies computer and other electronic and is ahead of others mainly for its production and sale of IPods, IPhones, Mac and the ITunes. The organizational structure at Apple Inc. is functional in nature with the work having been structured according to the functionality. To this extent Apple Inc. is run by departments conferred with specific functions. The departments are run under the Senior Vice Presidents who report directly to the Chief Executive Officer. Some ...

1: INTRODUCTION

- History and Importance of Team Work A team is a group of people with complementary skills who work together to achieve a common purpose. (Armstrong M.2008) The concept of team work has a deep rooted history dating back to over 2000 years ago. It is a character that exists even within animals. Early man use to collaborate together in order to hunt down large animals like Elephants. Likewise, beings such as ants collaborate to build a big anthill. In the past, Jesus Christ advised his disciples to work in teams. Human beings often have weaknesses. It only takes the eyes and the ...

- Introduction Operating in the energy segment since 1875, ConocoPhillips is a company that appeared from a merger of Conoco Inc. and Phillips Petroleum Company, which occurred in August 2002. Nowadays, the American company is among the fifth worldwide largest energy corporations and in top six as a “supermajor vertically integrated oil companies” (ConocoPhillips official website). - ConocoPhillips Organizational Structure Compared to other Organizational Structures Discussing about the company’s organizational structure, Daft, Kendrick and Vershinina observe that ConocoPhillips integrates a flexible structure, handling complex areas of business through a diversified and sophisticated technology (2010). ConocoPhillips is structured on the ...

Admission No

In the 21st century, there are tremendous changes that have been undertaken by organizations. These sorts of changes are meant to drive the organization into achieving its ultimate goal as well as maximizing benefits. Organization culture, determines various aspects of change since it corresponds to value, norms, beliefs and activities of the organization. As a matter of fact, there are organizations in the globe with the best strategy, yet its culture does not allow it to happen. Culture affects organizational change in various ways, which needs to be addressed so as to ensure that organizational strategy happens.

Culture entails the ...

The current golden rule of life is living in an organizational world. The biggest tendency among human beings is to keep changing as per need and desire. This is the most common mode of development amongst we individuals. Change is truly considered as a quick movement towards enhancement and creativity. Ours is a self organizing world. Life changes every second. One needs to understand and effectively respond to the changes brought by nature or introduced by humans. (“Lawley J. “, 1) The most evident example is the way the world came into existence. Life has been changing as a community and we all ...

The function of human resource in companies supersedes the superficial knowledge normally accorded to the function of the department. The HR department manages most companies. This includes the duties of policy design, management of human capital, and fluency in operation of the company. This paper is developed from an interview conducted on the HR manager of the Coca Cola Company in the Chicago plant, USA. The paper adopts an analytic view of the various management options that are reminiscent of the plant, the organization design, staffing, performance management and appraisals, training and general organizational development. There is also a theoretical ...

Question one

An organization refers to a social union of several individuals who come to work together with the main aim of accomplishing a predetermined set of goals. Each individual in the team has a role to work on, everyone, therefore, has to put in effort to ensure that the organization functions well. Therefore, organizations are the individuals and not just the physical structures that the individuals conduct their activities. A business organization, for example, is a set of individuals who work as a unit with the objective of making profits. There are many kinds of organizations, for example, universities, schools, military, airlines, banks, manufacturing companies ...

Define organization transformation. How is it different from organization development?

Transformation in organization is the strategically planned change within the setting of the organization (Levy and Merri, 1986). Once the change is initiated it changes the nature of thinking as well as the behaviour of the members of the organization. Organizational transformation is different from organizational development in that it brings changes to the current operating system of the organization.

What are the environmental and internal disruptions that can affect an organization? Give current examples of each and explain why you selected them as examples.

Transformational change is brought about by the macro and the micro environment. The ...

Transformation of Vertical Industries into Horizontal Ones

The traditional formation of corporations has been under the architecture of vertical formation. For many years now, many of the corporations have been adopting a hierarchical model that has been designed to transfer resources and corporate activities from a central point to a lesser involving position at the base of the hierarchy. This approach has however been affected by massive competition from different corporations which have emerged at the onset of globalization. Globalization has witnessed the introduction of enfranchisement as well as outsourcing in a bid to expand the market capabilities as well as maximize the available profits through increase of customers. The ...