Every employee in Kudler Fine Foods has an important role within organizational structure. The functional structure at Kudler Fine Foods allows each department to become self-efficient. However, functional organizational structure has drawbacks. Functional structure drawbacks are coordination and communication (Writing, 2014). For Kudler to each there organizational goals, the company must reduce these drawbacks. Collaboration between departments and the organizations core competencies will guide Kudler to reach their goals and reduce any…
The company has a plan to install hire new staff to install curtain rods. This requires expert guidance on kitchen modeling; hence the company to hire a new staff in order to provide a helping hand. In addition, the co-founders, Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus have to design a retail culture to tackle the Home Depot improvement and repair projects by hiring contractors. In addition, the company has realized the need to serve the needs of professional contractors. In addition, the company has over 1,500 stores across the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the United States. The future success of the company in centered on its ability to communicate effectively with employees, customers, as well as, suppliers. Therefore, to keep the operations running smoothly, the company’s managers need to establish good relationships with three audiences.…
Week 3 Knowledge Check Concepts Mastery Score: 21/21 Questions Six key elements in determining organizational structure 100% 1 2 3 Mechanistic and Organic Structures 100% 4 5 6 Types of Contemporary Organizational Designs 100% 7 8 9 Types of Internal and External Collaboration 100% 10 11 12 Stages of Group Development 100% 13 14 15 Five Conflict Management Techniques 100% 16 17 18 Six Aspects of Group Structure 100% 19 20 21 Concept: Six key elements in determining organizational structure Concepts Mastery Six key elements in determining organizational structure 100% Questions 1 2 3 1. The process of dividing work activities into separate job tasks is known as ________. A. work specialization B. differentiation C. chain of command D. span of control…
The organizational design depends on the objectives and strategy of the organization. In a centralized structure the top layer of management has most of the decision- making power and has tight control over departments and divisions. In a decentralized structure the decision making power is distributed and the departments and divisions may have a different degree of independence (BusinessDictionary, 2013). In an organization there should be a common vision and set of values. Employees should be striving to for fill the organization’s vision (Liebler, 2013). The organization has policies and procedures in place to for fill the organization…
The relationship between organizational design and organizational development in achieving organizational goals is that the HR managers is the organizational design because they were selected to coordinate their ideas and efforts toward specific goals. Organizational design answers the questions as to what would be the best ways to build the best organizational structure. Organizational design has two main objections: 1. to maintain the flow of communication and information throughout the establishment and 2. to implement organizational behaviors throughout the establishment so that the behaviors run together or in sync. Organizational design is connected to all aspects of the relationship between leadership, organizational and work structure processes or systems.…
The scenario of a case study shows a successful ‘Ergodesign LTD' medium size company, which is a manufacturer of specially designed office furniture. The company's design team designed a new, high quality and ergonomic chair for people with posture, neck or back related problems. The prototype of this chair has been already produced and tested and it obtained positive feedbacks on the quality and safety and overall performance.…
Organizational structure is the division of labor and the patterns of coordination, communication, workflow, and formal power that guide organizational activities. An organization’s structure reflects the company’s culture and power relationships and can establish new communication patterns and align employee behavior with the company’s mission, vision and goals. The organizational structure enables effective communication and smooth workflow, but organizational culture is its underpinning. Organizational culture is the basic pattern of shared assumptions, values and beliefs that govern behavior within a particular organization. Organizational culture is a deeply embedded form of social control. It is the social glue that bonds people together and makes them feel part of the organizational experience. The culture of an organization should be compatible with its structure to ensure organizational success. Many teams fail because the organizational structure does not support them. Teams work better when there are few layers of management and teams are given autonomy and responsibility for their work (McShane & Von Glinow, 2004). Understanding and addressing the need for alignment of organizational structure and culture with a company’s mission, vision and goals will help business leaders to craft effective strategies for successful change management, enabling them to deal with resistance to change effectively thus increasing the productivity of their organizations. This paper will explore several structures in organization design and organization design choices with emphasis on those that will best suit Synergetic Solutions, the company in the Organization Structure simulation.…
Identify the most appropriate and effective organizational structures for Riordan Manufacturing that will help them accomplish their planned changes.…
XXX Inc. is a leading provider of a complete line of wireless products and services to major cellular carriers, OEMs, and retailers. The organization is a tall and multicultural diverse organization. Each department is culturally diverse and consists of a vice president, a manager, and sometimes a supervisor. The department that I work in is the Product Development department where all creativity, innovation, and development happen. For three years that I been with the company, I have identified that the company struggles on innovation. XXX must bring fresh ideas, new technology, and never seen materials to the market to become the leading provider of wireless accessories. However, this has been very difficult because the organization does not offer a creative working environment nor does it provide enough motivators.…
Think in terms of the seven organizational design elements. What implications does this approach have?…
In 1999 Carlos Ghosn was elected as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Nissan, which had recently formed an alliance with Renault, another large global motor company (Yoshino and Egawa, 2003). It was evident that the organization was experiencing financial, strategic and operational difficulties attributed to a lack of profit orientation, cross-functional coordination and cooperation, customer focus, a sense of urgency, a shared vision and strategy. Ghosn and his team later proposed and implemented the Nissan Renewal Plan (NRP) aimed at a wholistic transformation of the organization, focussed primarily on implementing necessary improvements whilst maintaining the corporate identity of the organisation.…
The biggest challenge of global business is Cultural Barriers according to Van Thompson (Editor at Houston chronicle) “Different cultures have different values, and sometimes these differences can be stark. Gender, for example, could prove problematic in countries where women are not given equal rights to men.. Some cultures don 't take contracts as seriously as others, and many cultures view the group as more important than the individual. It 's important to learn the cultural intricacies of the places you do business.…
1. To use organizational theory concepts to analyze an organization.2. To show the design choices that create a mechanistic structure.3. To link organizational design to the contingency approach.4. To demonstrate a classic example of production-sales conflict.5. To show the power of a budget in shaping expectations and behavior.Use this case after United Products, Inc. or Bennett’s Machine Shop. It takes about an hour to…
Background • Seven elements are: 1. Structure 2. Strategy 3. Systems 4. Style 5. Staff 6. Skills 7. Shared values…
1.0 Course Description: The course is designed to give the student an overview of the organisation and an understanding about how organisational functions do not operate in silos and are in fact integrated despite the functional leanings. It also provides an insight into how they need to compete, grow and survive in a cut throat environment. The course also looks at Organisation design which is critical to policy implementation and control to fulfill the strategic needs of the fast paced corporate world.…