Essays on Organizational Structure

Abstract

Organizational structure influences the service delivery of the organization. Different organizational structures are used in healthcare organizations. These include bureaucratic structure, matrix, flat structure and hybrid organizational structure. Common in most health organizations is the bureaucratic structure that uses a top-down approach of management. However, due to certain challenges, organizations are using a hybrid organizational structure, as it eliminates the problems of using a single organizational structure.

Bureaucratic Organizations

A bureaucratic organizational structure consists of four basic characteristics. According to Finkelman and Kenner (2013), division of labor is a distinguishing characteristic of bureaucratic organization. Division of labor involves the specialization of

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In this discussion about organizational structure, there will be two different articles discussing separate approaches to and implications of organizational structure: the first, written by Ramachandran et al. (2011) is entitled, “Organisational culture: An exploratory study comparing faculties' perspectives within public and private universities in Malaysia.” The second, written by Macintosh and Doherty (2007), is entitled “Extending the scope of organisational culture: The external perception of an internal phenomenon.” Each approaches the issue of organizational structure differently, and each presents important implications regarding the structure of different organizational groups.
[Main findings] Ramachandran et al. (2011) are primarily concerned with

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Introduction

Organizing is a managerial function that comes after the planning function. Organizing is focused on incorporating three vital resources which are; human, financial and physical resources so as to achieve the organizational goals and objectives. Thus, organizing as a function seeks to point out the job roles, the related positions and the synchronization between responsibility and authority. The majority of organizations strive to ensure a comprehensive organizing function which would be beneficial in quite a number of ways. To begin with, organizing is important in promoting specialization of employment by enabling the division of labor into departments and units.

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Abstract

Continuous expansion and development are some of the essentials of an organization to move freely in the industry. There are certain competitive strategies which would have been used by the management in order to get their things prosper. Inevitably, there are two important provisions associated with the company, which particularly are employees and the shareholders. It should be a prior duty of the management of the company to enhance the productivity and level of satisfaction of their employees in order to enhance the productivity of their organization in a perfect and well organized manner .
When it comes to employee’

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Structure, Change and Stress

Management, like any science, is based on the basic definitions and before revealing the content of this work it is necessary, first of all, to establish the content of such terms as "organizational structure" and "organizational culture".
The organizational structure is regarded as a logical relationship between management levels and functional areas, providing the most efficient ways of achieving the organization's objectives. According to Dauber, Fink, & Yolles (2012), “Structures are the manifestation of strategic orientations and regulate information flows, decision making, and patterns of behavior.”
The general scheme of the company’s organizational structure is essential for determining the

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Introduction

Organizational structure denotes the arrangement of tasks and people carrying out those tasks in an organization. It refers to how employees are arranged within the organization, how their functions are specifically distributed and how they carry out those functions. Managers are also part of the structures, which should show the role they play in how the employees carry out their functions. It showcases the relationship between the different bodies in the organization and focuses on how this relationship can meet the goals of the organization. Typically, an organizational structure is supposed to be an organized way in which people

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Coca Cola Case Study

Introduction
Creating a good fit between a company strategy and its structure is often poorly accomplished by managers and planners; this is often due to the lack of arrangement and knowledge. To accomplish this fit, strategists need to orient their attention towards planning and organizational strategies, which implies going through three main steps. The first step is to give stakeholders the chance to participate in the decision making process. The second step is to collect all available data by running different types of analysis. In the final step the company needs to implement achievable plans collectively. In this paper,

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Introduction

Trolley is a convenience store that was established in December 2010. This firm was established by a group of youths who aimed at providing branded products that were of good quality. The products offered by the firm majorly entailed fresh foods. The firm also offers beverages, magazines, cosmetics, chocolates, stationery and chips. Trolley also aims at achieving customer satisfaction. The web team of the company ensures that thousands of the firm’s products are available online. Trolley convenience store boasts to offer a wide selection of commodities that are efficiently delivered to the clients.

Organizational Structure

Trolley Kuwait is horizontally differentiated

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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

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Impact of Hierarchical Organization Structure on Employees Work

Impact of Hierarchical Organization Structure on Employees Work

Introduction

Every organization requires an appropriate structure in order to maintain accountability and discipline in the organization. There are different organizational structures that are used by different organizations. Hierarchical structure is chosen by a number of companies to organize their workforce and operations. Hierarchical structure affects the work of employees in many ways and it affects the overall performance of the organization. This paper intends to discuss how hierarchical structure affects the work of employees in organizations.

Background

There are different levels of hierarchy in an organization and lower employees are directed to

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Walmart´s Organizational Structure

Walmart is one of the recognized world leaders in the retail industry, operating in various store formats, including Walmart U.S., Sam´s Club and Walmart International. Walmart U.S. runs the stores in fifty states in the country, while Walmart International operates in twenty-six countries with over thousand stores in different formats. Based on the Reuters (2014), international segment accounts for over 29% and national over 51% of the total sales revenue of the group. Organizational structure of the organization is similar but independent within the core locations and store formats. The high level structure is organized with prioritization of

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Question 1

In the modern business sector, it is crucial that businesses and companies have an organizational structure that optimizes all of their resources including the human resources. The high levels of competition within the business environment necessitate the adoption of a structure that will help the business to compete effectively with other businesses and gain a solid market share. The structures of interactions between the various members or stakeholders of the organization such as the management, employees, suppliers and the public have to be formulated in a somber manner that will guarantee sufficient functioning of the organization within the business

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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

- It is the organization’s personality.

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Effective management of employees is critical to the success of an organization since the human resource is the most critical resource possessed by a company. Well managed employees have a high morale, feel motivated and their productivity is soaring. Teamwork, innovation and creativity are high and the company’s profitability is encouraging. Toyota is the leading automobile manufacturer in the world with a pool of highly experienced, skilled and innovative employees. The company’s corporate culture facilitates the creativity process and the company has maintained the top position in terms of revenue from vehicle sales. In the past three

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In the past, Apple Inc relied on Steve Jobs since everything revolved through him. In the absence of Steve, Apple can take on a more collaborative approach in the organizational structure. This will lead to the company making more deliberation, and this can lead to delays. This is because in the presence of Steve decisions were formulated quickly. Apple can apply any of the six elements in its organizational structure. The organizational structure can help to reinforce different operations in the company (McClure 7). Key organizational structure includes chain of command, formalization, and span of control, departmentalization, work specialization,

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The term technical complexity measures the extent of control an organization has over its production process. Technology has allowed for predictability and certainty on the production line as a result of mechanization. Continuous process technology is also a result of mechanization. This method of production implies that production of goods and services is an on-going process 24/7. Hence, this means that there is no room for error in a continuous process as it would lead to losses.
Technical complexity is greatest with continuous process technology because it allows for standardization and minimizes the chances of a break down. If

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A firm’s organizational structure entails the framework and guidelines that control different operations. A centralized organizational structure permits a systematic and consistent reservation of authority within the organization. There are few decision makers in this structure channeled only by the top management. In this kind of structure, there is improved coordination and standardization to improve efficiency (McCourt 1997). The drawbacks of the centralized structure include negative effects occasioned by bureaucracy. The business proprietor is solely in charge in the making of decisions this can reduce the speed in different operations in the business. A decentralized organizational structure employs

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Types and Causes of Organizational Differentiation

Organizational structure determines the size and scale of operational and commercial activities. This scale and scope of company´s operations, in turn, explain the need and of organization for labor division and distribution of the tasks among individuals, groups, divisions and even country sectors. Differentiation by itself is the process that allows an organization to allocate human and material resources across tasks to be able to achieve its strategic, operational and tactical objectives. It is possible to observe that the bigger the organization is the higher this allocation and division of labor becomes (Gual and Ricart, 2001). The reality

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Introduction

Organizational structure is defined as the anatomy of the organization which serves as a foundation within which the organization functions (Dalton, Todor, Splendolini, Fielding and Porter, 1980). It is viewed as one that provides as a guide for the acceptable behavior in an organization which includes its relationship with its external environment. Without the establishment of a structural foundation within which the function and operation of the organization and its members revolves, an organization will not be able to thrive with better sustainance of its existence in an orderly and organized manner. Taking into account the importance of organizational

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Question One: How is the corporate culture of Gore different from other firms?

Gore’s corporate culture essentially differs from the other firms in terms of the managerial arrangement and structure. The privately owned company does not have the common corporate arrangement whereby the board of directors and the management exercise near absolute control of the organizational activities. Far from it, at Gore, the associates through functional teams make all the necessary decisions and the concept of teamwork is overboard. Indeed, Gore’s leaders do not struggle with strategy formulation and decision making. The corporate structure devolves all the strategic decision making to the associates. The leaders are appointment by their peers

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A business organization structure should have written goals that are part of their business plan. It is these set goals that will describe what the organization plans to achieve in terms of market share, growth and profitability. In our case, Dell Company is utilizing its different organizational structure to improve performance especially in motivation and goal setting process. The different organizational structures in Dell are providing focus to the relevant employees (Robbins, 2009). When an organization set goals for its employees, it shows employees the organizational priorities. Therefore employees are familiar with what to focus in the coming quarter

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Introduction

Every organization has a specific aim with which it wishes to achieve to gain excellence and business satisfaction. Organizational structure may be defined as the way job tasks can be divided allocated and carried out by specified individuals in an organization. Culture may be defined as a set of beliefs or norms that are shared and accepted by a particular group of people in the society. Organizational culture can then be defined as a set of values that are shared by the employees at a particular organization (Baligh 2011, P. 38).

Different organizational structures and culture

There are several organizational structures that many organizations

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Organizational structure is one of the factors that influence the performance of any given organization. In addition to other factors, implementation of strategies largely depends on the structure of an organization. The way an organization is structured determines whether or not the strategy to be implemented, in reaction to a threatening environment, would work effectively. A threatening environment may necessitate a change of organizational domain in various ways. For instance, a change in environment may force an organization to change its culture, and in this case, this may require an alteration of its structure because of the need to

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Abstract

Organizational structure represents the way in which an organization works; it includes coordination, supervision, hierarchy, task allocation and other decisions to achieve short term and long term organizational goals.
This essay attempts to elaborate the structure of SeoXperts, a multi-national firm engaged in web design and development. In addition, advantages and disadvantages of the structural approach have also been discussed to present an holistic overview.
Theoretically speaking, there are 5 main approaches of organizational structure namely, functional, divisional, matrix, team and network structure. In functional approach, organizations categorize different departments as finance, marketing, sales , human resources and others. This

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Introduction:

Distinctions and similarities between bureaucratic and patron-client organizations include similarities and differences between the main models of organized crime. Knowing these similarities and differences is important for understanding organized crime

Comparisons in Organizational Structures:

In order to understand the relationship between these bureaucratic, patron – client and criminal organizational models it is first necessary to define and examine them individually. In some ways they are quite similar in that the ultimate power and responsibility is concentrated in the upper echelons. How that translates down through the organization varies. Additionally, most organizations contain elements of both structural designs.

Bureaucratic organizations

Most organizations contain elements of the top

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Information Technology

For high performance in an organization, first, management all the resources of IT should be by a single authority. The roles of the central organization are defined.
Second, is the creation and implementation of a body than governs the project priorities of the initiatives of information technology. A governance structure with people who make decisions can be developed. Also, a board of governors can be come up with to govern the IT system. Customers are also to be brought to terms with the IT system.
Third, an infrastructure can serve as a blueprint that ensures integration of all systems

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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

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Leaders and managers serve as a bridge between the organization and the workforce. The role of leaders and managers are so paramount that it is central to the success or otherwise of an organization. Whatever the leaders and managers do have a direct bearing on the outcome of the goals and objectives of the organization. If leaders and managers perform their duties accordingly, organizational goals would be achieved. On the other hand, if they fail to perform to expectations, there might be setback in the process of achieving organization goals. The structure of an organization also has a direct

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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

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Introduction

Organizational structure is a very important component of an organization. In order to successfully accomplish the organizational mission, the members of an organization need to act in accordance with a framework of order and a set pattern of management. It is the structure of an organization that puts into effect the order in which the activities of an organization are planned, organized and controlled. The roles, responsibilities and communication channels are also defined by the structure alone (Laurie J. Mullins, 2005, p 296). The objective behind the creation of organizational structure is to assimilate employees into an entrenched network

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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

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Business Environment & System

Understanding business environment and systems is crucial in formulating and implementation of appropriate business policies critical to organizational success. Ideally, this report provides a critical description of the business environment and system of Coca Cola Company.

Coca Cola Company is an American international corporate that deals with the manufacturing, retailing and marketing of non-alcoholic syrups and concentrates. Having been founded in 1886 by Griggs Candler, the company’s headquarters are currently located in Atlanta, Georgia (Petretti 632). Apart from the company’s namesake beverage (Coca-Cola), the company presently provides over 500 brands in more than 200 territories worldwide. The

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- 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

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Innovation management is a discipline, which is designed to manage innovations, related to both products and innovations. We have decided to dedicate our study of innovation management to managing organizational innovations. So, for this assignment we have referred to well-known Thor Industries case study. According to the text of case study, Thor Industries is world’s largest recreational vehicles producer.
Organizational innovation, represented in the aforementioned case study, relates to great extent to enterprise’s organizational structure. As far as it is known, companies tend to use different combinations of functional, geographical, product- or customer-oriented organizational structure. Mangers of

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1. How does salesforce.com demonstrate the key themes of motivation and creativity that we have been talking about?

Most importantly, Salesforce.com let their employees feel and realize that they are not simply an asset or a tool to increase company’s profit, but first of all, each of them contributes to the company’s development and everybody’s point of view is taken into consideration. For this purpose Chatter was developed – staying in touch with all people in the company creates one productive and efficient team of employees.

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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

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Introduction to Apollo Groups of Hospitals

Apollo Hospital Enterprise Limited (AHEL) is Asia’s leading player in healthcare services in the private sector. In 1979, it was integrated as a public limited company. Led by its chairman Dr. Prathap C Reddy, the Chennai-based hospital was a comprehensive 250-bed medical institution that focussed mainly on speciality and super-specialities in more than 50 departments. A vast network of top primary, secondary and tertiary clinics and healthcare institutions are owned and operated by AHEL across India (Shaurya et al, 2009).

Today, the Apollo hospitals groups comprises of

More than 8500 beds across 50 hospitals within India and abroad,
Local clinics and diagnostic centres

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Several words used in the English language usually appear simple to define yet when met by the actual task of defining them we try to avert the task. This is not because the words are difficult to define but because the words do not have a universal definition. Most of these words are mostly used when in need of introducing a certain degree of ambiguity in the conversation. A good example of such a word is privacy.
Privacy is a word that does not have a universal meaning due to its relativistic nature. In fact, the word can only

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The vertical and the horizontal structure of an organisation should be carefully designed by organisations to serve the intended purposes. Examine this statement appropriately.
Organizational purpose can be generally defined as its reason for being, which is usually reflected in its mission (Daft, Murphy & Willmott, 2010). Clear statement of the purpose leads to the development of realistic objectives, strategies and tasks, which eventually help to build company success and to create value. In order to support their purpose, organizations pay careful attention to developing their structures (Stevens, Loudon, Wrenn & Mansfield, 2006).
Organizational structure refers to the formal system of

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Discussion Questions

1. From the statements of David Russo and Jim Goodnight, it is evident that SAS is focused on giving employees a relaxed atmosphere and in ensuring high-productivity, high-quality work, loyalty and cohesiveness among its employees. Which of the leadership styles identified by Lewin and his associates would best help SAS achieve these goals, and why?
A leadership style refers to the way in which leaders set up plans and activities to be done and then give direction on how to carry the set activities and also motivate their work force (Newstrom and Keith, 1993: 67). A leader may decide

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