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Contents
No.
Particular
Page
Scenario
Introduction
3.1
Pre-bureaucratic structures
3.2
Bureaucratic structures
3.3
Post-bureaucratic
3.4
Functional structure
3.5
Divisional structure
3.6
Matrix structure
3.7
Flat structure
3.8
Team structure
3.9
Network structure
3.10
Virtual structure
Organizational culture
4.1
Power culture
4.2
Role culture
4.3
Task culture
4.4
Person/Welfare culture
10
4.5
My opinion
10
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10
My opinion
11
11
6.1
Perception
13
6.2
13
6.3
demographic factors
13
6.4
attitude
6.5
My opinion
14
14
14
organization
7.1
Autocratic
16
7.2
Bureaucratic
16
7.3
Democratic
17
7.4
Charismatic
17
7.5
Situational
18
7.6
Transactional
18
7.7
Transformational
18
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8.1
Interpersonal Roles
21
8.2
Informational Roles
21
8.3
Decisional Roles
22
8.4
My opinion
23
23
9.1
23
9.2
23
9.3
24
9.4
24
9.5
24
9.6
Systems Approach
25
9.7
25
9.8
Operational Approaches
25
9.9
My opinion
26
10.0
Conclusion
26
11
Reference
27
Scenario
Hein Htet Aung
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Introduction
As Paul Roger wants to extend his business, he should use a special kind of
organizational structures to overcome the difficulties in new steps. He also have to
understand what type of organizational cultures that he is dealing with because there are
factors influencing the individual behavior at work.
He has four staffs and moreover he is trying to recruit four more designers for having
new contacts with American card manufacturer. To get the best result, a good leadership is
required adjusted with his organization. The right organization theory and the right approach
to management will make his card business grows rapidly in modern world.
Figure .1
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Bureaucratic structures
Bureaucratic structures have a certain degree of standardization. They are better suited
for more complex or larger scale organizations, usually adopting a tall structure. It is clearly
defined in roles and responsibilities. Most of them are in a hierarchical structure as the size of
organizations and each level has respect for merit in this bureaucratic structures.
Post-bureaucratic
Post bureaucratic is termed as in two senses in the organizational structures. One is
generic and one much more specific. In the generic sense the term post bureaucratic is often
used to describe a range of ideas that specifically contrast themselves with bureaucratic
structures. This may include total quality management, culture management and matrix
management and so on. None of these however has left behind the core tenets of
Bureaucracy.
The post-bureaucratic organization, in which decisions are based on dialogue and
consensus rather than authority and command, the organization is a network rather than a
hierarchy, open at the boundaries. There is an emphasis on meta-decision making rules rather
than decision making rules.
Functional structure
Employees within the functional divisions of an organization tend to perform a
specialized set of tasks, for instance the marketing department would be staffed only with
marketing specialist. This leads to operational efficiencies within that group. However it
could also lead to a lack of communication between the functional groups within an
organization, making the organization slow and inflexible.
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Divisional structure
The divisional structure groups each organizational function into a division. Each
division within a divisional structure contains all the necessary resources and functions within
it. Divisions can be categorized from different points of view. One might make distinctions
on a geographical basis or on product/service basis. Thus why, it is also called as functional
structure.
Matrix structure
The matrix structure groups employees by both function and product. This structure
can combine the best of both separate structures. A matrix organization frequently uses teams
of employees to accomplish work, in order to take advantage of the strengths, as well as make
up for the weaknesses, of functional and decentralized forms.
For example, a cosmetic company produces a lotion and a powder. According to the
matrix structure, this company would organize functions within the company as follows:
lotion sales department, lotion customer service department, lotion accounting, powder sales
department, powder customer service department, powder accounting department. Matrix
structure is amongst the purest of organizational structures, a simple lattice emulating order
and regularity demonstrated in nature.
Flat structure
The flat structure is common in small companies especially the entrepreneurs. As
companies grow, they tend to become more complex and hierarchical, which leads to an
expanded structure, with more levels and departments.
However, in rare cases, although the company growth very rapidly but remains very flat as it
grows, eschewing middle managers.
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Network structure
Another modern structure is network. While business giants risk becoming too clumsy
to approach, act and react efficiently, the new network organizations contract out any
business function, that can be done better or more cheaply. In essence, managers in network
structures spend most of their time coordinating and controlling external relations, usually by
electronic means which aligns with its low-cost strategy. The potential management
opportunities offered by recent advances in complex networks theory have been demonstrated
including applications to product design and development, and innovation problem in
markets and industries.
Virtual structure
Virtual organization is defined as being closely coupled upstream with its suppliers
and downstream with its customers such that where one begins and the other ends. A special
form of boundary less organization is virtual. The virtual organization exists within a network
of alliances, using the Internet. This means while the core of the organization can be small
but still the company can operate globally be a market leader in its niche. According to
Anderson, because of the unlimited shelf space of the Web, the cost of reaching niche goods
is falling dramatically. Although none sell in huge numbers, there are so many niche products
that collectively they make a significant profit, and that is what made highly innovative
Amazon.com so successful.
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Organizational culture
The organization culture is the one that develops and change over a period of time.
The culture will affect both on the individuals or organization which will act as a constraint
on their behaviour.
Gareth Morgan defined on that
"The set of beliefs, values, and norms, together with symbols like dramatized events
and personalities, that represents the unique character of an organization, and provides the
context for action in it and by it."
So it is essential to understand the culture which will contribute to the success or
failure of the organization.
There are four types of organizational culture:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Power
Role
Task
Person/ Welfare
Power Culture
In power culture, the main feature is centralisation of power. It is mostly found in the
small entrepreneurial business organizations and it is controlled by a single individual or a
small group of individuals. That means there is a centralization power source and the
decision maker is alone there is no consultancy. Decision can be made very quickly. the
organization may react quickly to the danger. But the weakness is sometimes more
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Role Culture
Today, role culture become common in most of the organizations . In a role culture,
organizations are split into various functions and each individual within the function is
assigned a specific role according to the employee 's position. The role culture has the benefit
of specialization. Employees focus on their particular role as assigned to them by their job
description and this should increase productivity for the company. This culture is quite logical
to organize in a large organization. Position is the main source of power and rules and
procedures are the main source of influence.
But as there is only little scope for individual initiative, there will be slow in
individual growth and development.
Task Culture
It is basically a team work based approach to complete a specific task. The team
decides the way how will the work be organized, not by individuals or by the rule of
organization. This culture is more common the business where the organization will establish
a project team to complete the project in the particular time. The senses of employee
motivated because they have power to make decisions in their team, they will feel as well and
assess because they can have been chosen in this team and given responsibility to bring task.
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My opinion
As the network structure, Paul Roger recruit the staff in different places mostly at
home. He behave in that manner because there will be no more internal office and work
problems. And also let the staffs do at their home make them feel relax and no pressure to
come office in time. They can do their works freely with no limitation time. Thus why, he
behave as this manner.
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Autocratic
Autocratic leadership can be called do as I say types. Typically, Autocratic leaders
are inexperienced with leadership thrust upon them in the form of a new position or
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Bureaucratic
Bureaucratic leaders create, and rely on, policy to meet organizational goals. Policies
drive execution, strategy, objectives and outcomes. Bureaucratic leaders are most comfortable
relying on a stated policy in order to convince followers to get on board. In doing so they
send a very direct message that policy dictates direction. Bureaucratic leaders are usually
strongly committed to procedures and processes instead of people, and as a result they may
appear aloof and highly change adverse.
The specific problem or problems associated with using policies to lead arent always
obvious until the damage is done. The danger here is that leaderships greatest benefits,
motivating and developing people, are ignored by bureaucratic leaders. Policies are simply
inadequate to the task of motivating and developing commitment. The specific risk with
bureaucratic leaders is the perception that policies come before people, and complaints to that
effect are usually met with resistance or disinterest. Policies are not in themselves destructive,
but thoughtlessly developed and blindly implemented policy can de-motivate employees and
frustrate desired outcomes. The central problem here is similar to the one associated with
autocratic leaders. Both styles fail to motivate and have little impact on people development.
In fact, the detrimental impact could be significant and far outweigh any benefits realized by
these leadership styles.
Democratic
It sounds easy enough. Instead of one defined leader, the group leads itself.
Egalitarian to the core, democratic leaders are frustrated by the enormous effort required to
build consensus for even the most mundane decisions as well as the glacial pace required to
lead a group by fiat. The potential for poor decision-making and weak execution is significant
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Charismatic
By far the most successful trait-driven leadership style is charismatic. Charismatic
leaders have a vision, as well as a personality that motivates followers to execute that vision.
As a result, this leadership type has traditionally been one of the most valued. Charismatic
leadership provides fertile ground for creativity and innovation, and is often highly
motivational. With charismatic leaders at the helm, the organizations members simply want
to follow. It sounds like a best case scenario. There is however, one significant problem that
potentially undercuts the value of charismatic leaders: they can leave. Once gone, an
organization can appear rudderless and without direction. The floundering can last for years,
because charismatic leaders rarely develop replacements. Their leadership is based upon
strength of personality. As a result, charismatic leadership usually eliminates other
competing, strong personalities. The result of weeding out the competition is a legion of
happy followers, but few future leaders.
Situational
Situational leadership theory suggests that the best leaders constantly adapt by
adopting different styles for different situations or outcomes. This theory reflects a relatively
sophisticated view of leadership in practice and can be a valuable frame of reference for
experienced, seasoned leaders who are keenly aware of organizational need and individual
motivation. Most importantly, it allows experienced leaders the freedom to choose from a
variety of leadership iterations. Problems arise, however, when the wrong style is applied
inelegantly. Also, considering our earlier discussion regarding some of the more ineffective
leadership styles like autocratic and bureaucratic, this style requires a warning or disclaimer
related to unintended or less than optimal results when choosing one of these styles. With that
said, situational leadership can represent a useful framework for leaders to test and develop
different styles for various situations with an eye towards fine-tuning leadership results.
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Transactional
The wheeler-dealers of leadership styles, transactional leaders are always willing to
give you something in return for following them. It can be any number of things including a
good performance review, a raise, a promotion, new responsibilities or a desired change in
duties. The problem with transactional leaders is expectations. If the only motivation to
follow is in order to get something, what happens during lean times when resources are
stretched thin and there is nothing left with which to make a deal? That said, transactional
leaders sometimes display the traits or behaviours of charismatic leaders and can be quite
effective in many circumstances while creating motivated players. They are adept at making
deals that motivate and this can prove beneficial to an organization. The issue then is simply
one of sustainability.
Transformational
Transformational leaders seek to change those they lead. In doing so, they can
represent sustainable, self-replicating leadership. They do not force to perform like the
personality
(charismatic)
or
bargaining
(transactional)
to
persuade
followers.
Transformational leaders use knowledge, expertise and vision to change those around them in
a way. They make the followers with deeply embedded buy-in that remains even when the
leader that created it is no longer on the scene. Transformational leaders represent the most
valuable form of leadership since followers are given the chance to change, transform and, in
the process, develop themselves as contributors. Organizationally this achieves the best
leadership outcome since transformational leaders develop people. Transformational
leadership is strongly desired since it has no artificial constraints. It is particularly suited for
fast-paced, change-laden environments that demand creative problem solving and customer
commitment.
In my opinion
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Organizing
Establishing the internal organizational structure of the organization. The focus is on
division, coordination, and control of tasks and the flow of information within the
organization. It is in this function that managers distribute authority to job holders.
Commanding
Fayals called this maintain activity among the personnel, it involves instructing and
motivating subordinates to carry out tasks.
Coordinating
This is the task of monitoring the activities of individuals and groups within the
organization, reconciling differences in approach, timing and resource requirement in the
interest of overall organizational objectives.
Controlling
It is a four step process of establishing performance standards based on the firms
objective, measuring and reporting actual performance, comparing the two and taking
corrective or preventive action is necessary.
In other way Henery mintz berg describes in other way.
He explains three main types of managerial roles
1. Interpersonal {figurehead, leader, liaison}
2. Information {monitor, spokesmen, disseminator}
3. Decisional roles {entrepreneur, disturbance handler, resource allocator negotiator}
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Leader
Managers select and trained the team members. He/she used to motivate the team to
achieve pre defined goal.
Liaison
Manager duty is to communicate with people outside the work unit trying to
coordinates two project groups.
Informational Roles
Monitor
The monitor involves seeking current information from many sources. The manager
acquires information from others and shares it with concerns people to stay well informed.
Disseminator
The managers send external information into his organization and internal information
from one subordinate to another.
Spokesman
The managers transmit information out to his organizations environment to speak on
behalf of the organization.
Decisional Roles
Entrepreneur
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Disturbance Handler
The manger role involves resolving conflicts among subordinates or between the
managers departments and other departments.
Resource Allocator
This role of manager involves deciding about how to allocate people, time,
equipment, budget and other resources to attain desired outcomes.
Negotiator
Managers participate in negotiation activities. Managers represent department during
negotiation of union contracts, sales, purchases, budgets, represent departmental interest.
Managerial Authority
The formal and a manager to make decisions, issues, orders and allocate resources to
achieve organizational goals and objectives.
Managerial authority is the position that empowers a manger to exercise command
and control over those placed under him for realization of the assigned role in an
organization.
My opinion
In this way of being organized, Paul Roger's business has advantages. Firstly, he is
operating the business with a low-cost organizational strategy. With the way the Brake even
point can reach rapidly and the profit outcome will be massive in future time. Secondly, there
will be no time delay because they transfer design by linkage of computer. The design can be
send and receive simultaneously. Finally, without the work regularly time, he can spend out
of the office to find news customers and to analyze their want and need.
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setting
of
work,
rules,
procedures
etc.
While
analysing
is
essentially
decision-making.
Members
of
the
affecting
decisions
are
information
systems,
social
and
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Figure .5
Systems Approach
A system is basically a combination of parts, subsystems. Each part
may have various sub-parts. An organization is a system of mutually
dependent parts, each of which may include many subsystems. It is
considered as an Abstract Approach and Lack of Universality in it.
Operational Approaches
Management is the study of what managers do. It emphasises on management
functions and various concepts and principles involved in performing these functions.
Management functions are universal irrespective of the type of organizational or level of
management in an organization, though there may be differences on emphasis on a particular
function in a particular organization or at particular level. The conceptual framework of
management can be constructed on the basis of the analysis of management process and
identification of management principles. The central core of managing revolves around
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My opinion
Paul Roger might decide to change the organizational structure of his business. He has
long term plan to grow his card business as he want to extend around the US. To do so, he
cannot go along with the network structure as the operation system will become less efficent.
Therefore he need to change his organizational structures according to the further business
plan.
Conclusion
Paul Roger's is running the card design business in a very systemic organizational
structure ways. With many advantages of structure, the business has grows with the time. But
now for the future business plan to sell designs in the US and a small printing business in
Manchester, he will need to change his organizational structure from network structure to
bureaucratic structure to run his business in a systemic way. He should also try the new
organizational cultures to have a good communication and coordination with his stuffs. And I
believe the
new styles of leadership will also bring a very bright future and glorious
Figure .6
Reference
Website
Hein Htet Aung
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http://wps.peasoned.co.uk
http://employment.blutit.com
http://google.com
http://yahoo.com
http://wikipedia.com
Book
pp. 157-170.
From hang out book of "Organizational and Business Structure"
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Unit 3
Submitted by:
Hein Htet Aung
Content
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Content
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1.
Scenario
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2.
Task 3.1
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3.
Task 3.2
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4.
Task 3.3
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5.
Task 4.1
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6.
Task 4.2
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7.
Task 4.3
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conclusion
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reference
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Scenario
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Task 3.1
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Task 3.2
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Task 3.3
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Task 4.1
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Informal Groups:
"Informal groups are formed by the staffs themselves". The reasons for the formation of
informal groups can be the need for closeness, ordinary interests, growth or support. There
are two types of informal groups: friendship groups and interest groups. Members of
friendship groups have a friendly relationship with each other, common interests and are
similar in age and view, but interest groups are formed to manage an activity and are
temporary.
The Five-Stage Model:
According to the five-stage model of group development, all groups pass through the
forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning stages.
Forming: This is the first stage of group formation where members aim to identify acceptable
behavior in a group. The members try to format their behavior so as be a part of the group.
Storming: In this stage, disagreements about leadership between members might give leads to
other involvements. By the end of this stage, a comparatively clear structure of positions in
the group emerges.
Norming: This stage of group increases a sense of comradeship in members through the
development of close relationships.
Performing: In this stage, members of the group show committed performance to achieve
aims defined in the norming stage.
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Task 4.2
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Task 4.3
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Conclusion
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