Mgt/230 Organizational Structure Analysis
Organizational Structure Analysis
Kelli Jo Searles
Susan Hickman
MGT/230
February 16, 2015
Todd Lambertson
Organizational Structure Analysis How does a company become organized with the daily tasks and operations? John Whybrow chairman of Wolseley, mentioned, "There 's always the issue of how to organize large companies, and there are fundamentally two ways of organizing” (Whybrow, 2010). Differentiation and Integration are the two fundamental ways in which to organize. Differentiation ~ is the different sections within the company that employs individuals. The individuals will then work on various kinds of jobs that require the use of various skills and techniques to complete the job. Whybrow states: “One way is in terms …show more content…
Horizontal differentiation includes functional, divisional, matrix and the network organizations.
Network Organization
Kelli mentions the definition of network organization being ~ "the collection of independent, mostly single function firms that collaborate to produce a good or service" (Bateman & Snell, 2011). Some pros of networking would be, being able to be closer to the consumers, eliminating the amount of disruptions, and seeing the reactions the customers give and then being able to adapt to them accordingly. The con of networking organization is being able to adjust after losing the control over whatever procedures the company gives to others.
Functional …show more content…
Functional organization happens is all sizes of organizations. Sue explained how functional organization can be both a pro, and a con. Sue stated the con to be how individuals may tend to care more about their functions than the functions of the company (Bateman & Snell, 2011). Kelli and Sue both agreed that the pro to a functional organization would be, the company employing a worker that knows that field of work well, and that can work at a high rate of speed. By having this kind of worker, it will help to minimize the number of mistakes by ensuring confidence within the line of work. Divisional Organization. Divisional organization ~ puts in place the order in which the activities will occur within the company. Kelli mentioned that the pro for the enterprise is that, individuals will learn to become whole within the workplace. While Sue suggested that the con would be, it could become harder for the business to receive needed information, because of working with so many other
Kelli Jo Searles
Susan Hickman
MGT/230
February 16, 2015
Todd Lambertson
Organizational Structure Analysis How does a company become organized with the daily tasks and operations? John Whybrow chairman of Wolseley, mentioned, "There 's always the issue of how to organize large companies, and there are fundamentally two ways of organizing” (Whybrow, 2010). Differentiation and Integration are the two fundamental ways in which to organize. Differentiation ~ is the different sections within the company that employs individuals. The individuals will then work on various kinds of jobs that require the use of various skills and techniques to complete the job. Whybrow states: “One way is in terms …show more content…
Horizontal differentiation includes functional, divisional, matrix and the network organizations.
Network Organization
Kelli mentions the definition of network organization being ~ "the collection of independent, mostly single function firms that collaborate to produce a good or service" (Bateman & Snell, 2011). Some pros of networking would be, being able to be closer to the consumers, eliminating the amount of disruptions, and seeing the reactions the customers give and then being able to adapt to them accordingly. The con of networking organization is being able to adjust after losing the control over whatever procedures the company gives to others.
Functional …show more content…
Functional organization happens is all sizes of organizations. Sue explained how functional organization can be both a pro, and a con. Sue stated the con to be how individuals may tend to care more about their functions than the functions of the company (Bateman & Snell, 2011). Kelli and Sue both agreed that the pro to a functional organization would be, the company employing a worker that knows that field of work well, and that can work at a high rate of speed. By having this kind of worker, it will help to minimize the number of mistakes by ensuring confidence within the line of work. Divisional Organization. Divisional organization ~ puts in place the order in which the activities will occur within the company. Kelli mentioned that the pro for the enterprise is that, individuals will learn to become whole within the workplace. While Sue suggested that the con would be, it could become harder for the business to receive needed information, because of working with so many other