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Title: Adapting Organizations to Todays Markets


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Chapter
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Adapting Organizations to Todays Markets
8-1
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Management Pyramid
CEO, Comptroller, Vice Pres.
Top
Sales Mgrs Plant Mgrs.
Mid-Level
Supervisors Foremen
Front Line/Supervisory
3
Inverted Organization Structure
Empowered front-line workers
Support Personnel
Top Mgmt.
4
Workers in Large Companies in the Last 5 Years
Have Undergone...
500 Employees
Source Gallup for Carlson Marketing Group
5
Historical Perspective-Purpose of an
Organizational Chart
  • Show the activities of the organization
  • Highlight subdivisions of the organization
  • Identify different types of work performed
  • Provide information about different management
    levels
  • Show the lines of authority and the flow of
    organizational communications

6
Historical Perspective - Fayols Principles of
Organization
  • Unity of Command
  • Hierarchy of Authority
  • Division of Labor
  • Subordination of Individual Interest
  • Authority
  • Degree of Centralization
  • Communication Channels
  • Order
  • Equity
  • Esprit de Corps

7
Historical Perspective- Webers Organizational
Principles
  • Job Descriptions
  • Written Rules
  • Procedures, Regulations, Policies
  • Staffing/Promotions based on Qualifications

8
Weber and Fundamentals of Bureaucracy
  • Chain of Command
  • Rules Regulations
  • Set Up by Function
  • Communication is Minimal

9
Issues involved in Structuring Organizations-
  • Centralization vs. Decentralization
  • Span of control
  • Tall vs. Flat organizations

10
Centralization (No Delegation)
  • Advantages
  • Increased Uniformity
  • Less Duplication
  • Maximum Control
  • Disadvantages
  • Lots of Policies Procedures
  • Many Layers/Slower

11
Decentralization (Delegate Authority)
  • Advantages
  • Informed Decisions
  • Worker Responsibility
  • Few Layers/Faster
  • Disadvantages
  • Loss of Control
  • Possible Duplication

12
Span of Control
  • Definitions optimum number of employees a
    manger supervises
  • Variables
  • Capabilities of Subordinates Manager
  • Complexity of Job
  • Geographically Close
  • Functional Similarity
  • Need for Coordination
  • Planning Demands
  • Functional Complexity

13
Organizational Structures
  • Flat Organizations
  • Current Trend
  • Creation of Teams
  • Tall Organizations
  • Many Layers of Management
  • High Cost of Management

14
Departmentalization by Function
  • Advantages
  • Skill Development
  • Economies of Scale
  • Good Coordination

15
Departmentalization by Function
  • Disadvantages
  • Lack of Communication
  • Employees Identify with Department
  • Slow Response to External Demands
  • Narrow Specialists

16
Traditional Form of OrganizationsLine
Organizations
  • Advantages
  • Clear Authority Responsibility
  • Easy to Understand
  • One Supervisor per Employee
  • Disadvantages
  • Inflexible
  • Few Specialists for Advice
  • Long Line of Communication
  • Difficult to Handle Complex Decisions

17
Traditional Form of Organizations Line/Staff
Organizations
  • Line Personnel
  • Perform Functions
  • Contribute Directly to Organizational Goals
  • Staff Personnel
  • Advise
  • Assist Line Personnel

18
New organizations are based on the principle of
Customer -Focused Design
  • Information
  • Build teamwork
  • cross-functional
  • integration
  • Self-management autonomy
  • Bottom-up relationships
  • Outsource
  • Global orientation
  • Internal vs. external customers

19
New Forms of OrganizationsMatrix Organizations
  • Advantages
  • Flexibility
  • Cooperation Teamwork
  • Creativity
  • More Efficient Use of Resources
  • Disadvantages
  • Costly/Complex
  • Confusion in Loyalty
  • Requires Good Interpersonal Skills Cooperation
  • Not Permanent

20
New Forms of OrganizationsCross Functional Self
Managed Teams
  • Groups form different departments work together
    on a long term basis
  • Empowered to make decisions on their own without
    management approval
  • Eliminated barriers between design, engineering,
    marketing, distribution, etc.

21
Managing the Interaction of FirmsNetworking
  • Networking
  • Real Time
  • Transparency
  • Virtual Corporations

22
A Virtual Corporation
Production Firm
Distribution Firm
Accounting Firm
Core Firm
Legal Firm
Advertising Agency
Design Firm
23
Outsourcing
Benefits
Downside
  • Time to focus on companys primary function
  • Increased level of expertise
  • Cost effectiveness
  • Decreased overhead
  • Risk reduction
  • Flexibility
  • Technology
  • Less personal approach
  • Less control by owner in planning, implementing
    carrying out companys future
  • Potential for competing for the outsourcing
    firms time

24
Outsourcing Possibilities
Source BusinessWeek, February 3, 2003
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How to ImproveOrganizational Structure
  • Break business into smaller units
  • Build teamwork
  • Impose autonomy
  • Create meaningful incentives
  • Outsource non-operating activities
  • Share business capabilities across units

26
Formal Organization and Informal Organization
  • Formal Organization- the structure shown
    organizational charts, formal procedures and
    routines.
  • Informal Organization- system of relationships
    that develop spontaneously among employees,
    camaraderie, cliques, grapevine.
  • Both are necessary, both can be a help or a
    hindrance.

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Examples ofInformal Group Norms(contd)
  • Never side with managers in a dispute
    involving group members.
  • Respect/help your fellow group members on the
    job.
  • Criticize the organization only among group
    members- never among strangers.
  • Drinking is done off-the-job-
    Never at work!
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