Week 4 Individual Assignment
Week 4 Individual Assignment
August 26, 2013
Week 4 Individual Assignment
I am intimately aware of two organizations personally, the first is a little company that I started, and the company where I work now. By selecting two companies that I have worked with and for, I am able to better understand in detail the structure, organizational functions, and structural design. I started working out of high school on a little ranch in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Soon after starting my life in the workforce, I received training in installing and testing propane and natural gas piping. When life on the ranch settled down, I had time to kill and skills to offer. I soon found that there was a need in the area for a company that could go into houses and replace existing gas piping in such a way that did the least amount of damage to the structure. When business again slowed down and I needed to put food on the table, I switched gears and began working for another company; the company I still work for to this day. Beginning with my little company, the structure was simple, with myself as the owner, and at most three employees. On jobs, I divided the four of us into two teams, a supervisor and a helper each team. This created a horizontal organization, and one that allowed for great flexibility, input form the field though there was greater involvement in each operation by myself and the other supervisor. The real evidence behind my little company being a vertical organization was the final authority to make decisions. This power allows lied with me, and when I walked onto a job, my word was always final. This means the final decision making belonged to me as a person rather then the position. This is the primary difference between the next company I worked for; where the authority went with the title and position rather than the person. In my current company, there are hieratical levels that manage even more levels. This is
August 26, 2013
Week 4 Individual Assignment
I am intimately aware of two organizations personally, the first is a little company that I started, and the company where I work now. By selecting two companies that I have worked with and for, I am able to better understand in detail the structure, organizational functions, and structural design. I started working out of high school on a little ranch in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Soon after starting my life in the workforce, I received training in installing and testing propane and natural gas piping. When life on the ranch settled down, I had time to kill and skills to offer. I soon found that there was a need in the area for a company that could go into houses and replace existing gas piping in such a way that did the least amount of damage to the structure. When business again slowed down and I needed to put food on the table, I switched gears and began working for another company; the company I still work for to this day. Beginning with my little company, the structure was simple, with myself as the owner, and at most three employees. On jobs, I divided the four of us into two teams, a supervisor and a helper each team. This created a horizontal organization, and one that allowed for great flexibility, input form the field though there was greater involvement in each operation by myself and the other supervisor. The real evidence behind my little company being a vertical organization was the final authority to make decisions. This power allows lied with me, and when I walked onto a job, my word was always final. This means the final decision making belonged to me as a person rather then the position. This is the primary difference between the next company I worked for; where the authority went with the title and position rather than the person. In my current company, there are hieratical levels that manage even more levels. This is