Assignment 94
Week 2
WORKFORCE PLANNING
REFERENCE:
PART II
The context of Human Resource Management
Chapter 2
Managing Workflows and Conducting Job Analysis
Book:
Managing Human Resource
Luis Mejia. David Balkin. Robert Cardy
Quick Recap;
Organizational Structure:
The formal and informal relationships between people in an organization
Work Flow
The way work is organized to meet the organization’s production or service goals.
Designing The Organization
Designing an organization means choosing an organizational structure that will help the company achieve its goal in most effective manner.
Organizational Design –
a process involving decisions about six key elements:
• Work specialization • Departmentalization
• Chain of command • Span of control
• Centralization and decentralization • Formalization
(Ref: https://deltauniv.edu.eg/new/Businessadministration/wp-content/uploads/organizing.pdf )
Three Basic Types of Organizational Structure
Bureaucratic Organization
Flat Organization
Boundaryless Organization
Bureaucratic Organization
Top Down Management Approach
Many levels of management approach
Hierachical career path within one function
Highly specialized job
Narrowly Specified Job Description
Rigid Boundaries between jobs and units
Employees or individuals working individually
Example of Bureaucratic Organization https://slideplayer.com/slide/5769477/
Example of Bureaucratic Organization Ref: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Organizational_chart.svg
BUREAUCRATIC ORGANIZATION: THINGS TO REMEMBER
EXAMPLE:
- Military
As its based on work specialization: so, lets say employees who start their work in sales can advance to higher position in sales or marketing but most of the times can’t switch to finance or production
Also, employees are divided according to their function lets say that at a Bureaucratic auto-parts company, an automotive engineer would develop plans for a new part and then deleiver its specification to the production workers
These organization work wells in a predictable and stable environment. In dynamic environment this structure is less efficient and can be disastrous
Flat Organization
- Decentralized Management Approach
Few levels of management
Horizontal Career Path
Broadly Defined Jobs
General Job Description
Flexible Boundaries between jobs and units
Emphasis on Team
Strong focus on customers
Look at FLAT ORGANIZATION:
FLAT ORGANIZATION: THINGS TO REMEMBER
EXAMPLE:
-Nucor (a North Carolina, steel company) has a flat structure. Although, it has more than 20,000 employees only few levels separate frontline steel workers from president of the company. Headquarter staff consist of approx. 100 employees.
-Johnson & Johnson (it’s a health care company organized in 250 operating companies located in 60 countires)
The purpose of these organizations are to create independent small businesses that can respond quickly to customer needs and changes in the business enviornment
Boundaryless Organization:
Joint ventures with customers, suppliers and competitors
Emphasis on teams whose members may cross organizational boundaries
Shares many characteristics of flat organizational structure
BOUNDARYLESS ORGANIZATION:
BOUNDARYLESS ORGANIZATION: THINGS TO REMEMBER
EXAMPLE:
Pixar animation studio partnered with Walt Disney pictures to produce animated films, like TOY STORY, MONSTERS & CARS. FINDING NEMO generated $865 million in global box office and received Academy award for best animated feature film. This partnership combined PIXAR animation expertise with DISNEY strength in marketing
Apple inc. partnered with Foxconn (Taiwanese electronics firm) to manufacture Apple’s Ipods, Macs & Iphones in China. Apple designs it and Foxconn manufactures it according to design specifications and ships to USA
Continued:
-Airbus consists of partnership with European countries ( from France, Germany, England, Spain) to market and develop Aircrafts to compete with Boeing
Boundaryless share many characteristics of flat organizations. They breakdown boundaries between organizations, its suppliers, customers or competitors