MGTCB/526: Managing In A Changing Environment Competency 2 - Assessment

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Running Head: ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

Organization structure

Name

Institution Affiliation

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Leadership theories and practices

Proper leadership is compulsory for the efficient running of an institution, whether it is a learning

institution or a business institution. When the leadership of an organization or institution is not

stable then this will be a challenge to achieving the goals of this kind of organization. The

organization must have a management team or leadership team that works together as one to see

the goals achieved in time and as required (Heyler, 2018). The leadership team will have the

capability to motivate the rest of the employees to work together and desire to achieve hence this is

a pillar for the success of an institution. Various leadership techniques can be adapted to achieve

these goals including; adaptive leadership, servant leadership, leader-member exchange leadership

among others. The most prevalent leadership theories adapted in the organization I work for are;

servant leadership and leader-member theory.

In the servant leadership theory, the leaders tend to work very much with the employees. This is by

getting involved in the doing of the jobs and not only giving directions to the rest of the team. The

leaders here work by joining hands and being in the front line of working to see that a job is done

to completion and perfection is achieved(Heyler, 2018). The other theory that is the leader-member

theory, is the case where the employees of the institution are divided into two units, the in people

and the out people. The in people are those that can work well with the leader as they have the

qualities that fit the leader while the out people are the employees that are less compatible with the

leader as they in most cases have different opinions with the leaders. The most effective theory that

has been used in the organization I work for is the servant leadership theory, where the leader

works with the rest of the team to ensure delivery is perfect. In this method, the employees get

encouraged and motivated to work as they would not wish to see the leader do a task when they

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cannot or the leader working as they watch, motivation to the rest is the reason for the success of

this theory.

The company I work for being a construction company, perfection in the contracts taken is very

key to help them secure another working opportunity. Every time the employees are motivated as

they see the leaders working with them and supporting them the job done is always very good.

This has helped the company in achieving the set goals and acquiring many construction jobs due

to proper jobs done and the employment of the right leadership theories.

Organizational structure.

An organizational structure is a system that outlines or states the flow of activities, how they are to

be done, who is to the activities, and who is in charge of the activity. It is therefore important to

have an organizational plan regardless of the size of the institution as this will enable the efficient

and smooth running of the organization to ensure the goals are achieved at all times (Wang, 2019).

It also shows the flow of power from the most superior to the least in the organization. In our

organization, the hierarchical organization structure is the one used to run the organization. This

kind of structure relies on the vertical chain of command as the main method of organization. Here

the orders are gotten from the most superior head, passed down to the managers, who then pass it

to the section managers, from here it is passed to the supervisors who finally pass it down to the

employees.

Another structure that can be adapted by the organization and give out better results is the

functional organization structure (Wang, 2019). In this structure the leadership is divided

according to the sections in the organization, for instance, the organization can have leaders in the

store department, recruitment department, emergency department, and others. These departments

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will then be headed by individuals with the most relevant skills in these areas. The reason for this is

to ensure they work hand in hand with the employees, the leaders will then work by reporting to a

single manager according to what is observed or what they get from the employees.

REFERENCES

Wang, S., & Zhou, X. (2019). New insights into organization structure and business process: an

integrative point of view. Open Journal of Business and Management, 7(04), 1953.

Heyler, S. G., & Martin, J. A. (2018). Servant Leadership Theory: Opportunities for Additional

Theoretical Integration 1. Journal of Managerial Issues, 30(2), 230-153.