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Session 4 Organizing
Session 4 Organizing
Organizing
Session 4 :Prof. Parveen Kaur
Cover
Agenda
01 Factors that affect OS
02 Pillars of designing OS
03 Forms of Organizational Structure
04 Virtual Organizations/Remote working
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Organizing
Identification of activities
Grouping of activities
Assignment of responsibilities
Grant Authority
Establish Relationship
An organizational structure defines how
activities such as task allocation,
coordination, and supervision are directed
toward the achievement of organizational
aims.
‘Rainbow Colours’ is a profit making colour producing company. The company deals in making different
types of colours used in painting. The organisation has always been systematic in its approach and due to
good organizing has seen a continuous increase in its revenue. Workers are given their respective jobs
clearly which leads to gaining of experience since they do their respective jobs on a regular basis leading to
high productivity. The organisation has many challenges and it wants to improve. There is no doubt in the
lines of communication and everyone knows who has to report whom. With passage of time, there is more
need to connect with the employees. They are the most important asset to the organisation. When managers
delegate work to their subordinates they set themselves free from routine jobs and this leads to great
amount of learning for the subordinates in practical situations.
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Features/
Elements/
Pillars
The dilemma? Support an optimally decentralized operation that enables
customization as per local needs, or focus on centralization and process
optimization to minimize cost and effort?
Spectrum
Span of Control
Management Ratio
Expanding On the Concept of Span of Control
Width: Organization structures can be described as wide (with larger span of
control) or narrow (with smaller span of control.)
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Example of Chain of Command
Identify Two chains of command
1 John
2 Harish 3 Smith
1.Identify and state the type of organisation mentioned in the above para.
2. State one feature of the concept identified in part (a) as mentioned in the above para.
3. What was the purpose behind the formulation of rules for the employees that restricted their
personal communication with the employees of other departments?
Answer :1. Formal organisation is the type of organisation mentioned in the above paragraph.
Formal organisation refers to the organisation structure which is deliberately created by the
management to accomplish a particular task. It clearly defines the boundaries of authority and
responsibility and facilitates systematic coordination among the various activities to achieve
organisational goals.
2. One feature of formal organisation is that it clarifies who has to report to whom by specifying
the relationships among various job positions and the nature of their interrelationship.
3.The purpose behind the formulation of rules for the employees that restricted their personal
communication with the employees of other departments is to ensure discipline at workplace and
avoid wastage of time. This is help to curb the emergence of informal organisation to a certain
extend and increase work efficiency.
Q2. The activities and employees in ‘Zubin Pvt. Ltd.’, a footwear manufacturing company,
can be broadly grouped into five departments namely; production, purchase, marketing,
accounts and personnel. Over the years the company has grown and expanded its
operations manifolds. The company nomanagement has decided to restructure its
operations. They plan to create separate product divisions w intends to diversify into
leather bags segment. So its for each product line wherein the functioning of each division
will be further divided into five departments namely; production, purchase, marketing,
accounts and personnel.
A. What is the current organizational structure like , What would be the future OS ?
B. How is the company’s future organisational structures likely to be different from the
existing one?
Answer :
Functional , Divisional
Q3. Jai works as a human resource manager in ‘Omega Housing Ltd.’ a
company engaged in the real estate business. He suggests to the
Managing Director of the company to start a sports club in the office
where friendly indoor matches can be organised amongst the
employees on every Saturday.
In context of the above case:
Staff groups are engaged in tasks that provide support for line groups. They consist
of advisory (legal), service (human resources), or control (accounting) groups. Staff
groups support those engaged in the central productive
activity of the enterprise.
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Modern Organization structure
❖ Resources aren't tied to a particular workstation (desk). Also, you can work from any
mobile device.
How do two people run an entire company that sells thousands of high-tech folding bicycles all
over the world?
Steedman Bass and Bill Bennet do it with a virtual network approach that outsources design
,manufacturing ,customer service, logistics ,accounting ,and just about everything else to other
organizations.Bass, an avid cyclist ,got into the bicycle business when he and his partner
Bennnet bought the struggling British company strida,which was having trouble making
enough quality bicycles to meet even minimum orders. The partners soon realized why strida
was struggling . The design for the folding bicycle was a clever engineering idea, but it was a
manufacturing nightmare .Bass and Bennet immediately turned over production engineering
and new product development to an American Bicycle designer, still with the intensions of
building bikes at the Birmingham factory. However, a large order from Italy sent them looking
for other options. Eventually ,they transferred all manufacturing to Ming Cycle company of
Taiwan ,which builds the bikes with parts sourced from parts manufacturers in Taiwan and
China.Finally, the last piece of the puzzle was to contract with the company in Birmingham that
would take over everything else-from marketing to distribution. Bass and Bennet concentrate
their energies on managing the partnerships that make the network function smoothly.
With a network structure like this ,it is difficult to
answer the question ,” Where is the organization?”.
In traditional terms .The different organizational parts
may be spread all over the world. They are drawn
together contractually and coordinated electronically
,creating new form of organization. Much like
building blocks,parts of the network can be added or
taken way to meet changing need.
Which is an advantage of a network
structure?
Remote working & Work From Home ( WFH)
Assignment