Deliverable 7 - Reorganization

Deliverable 3 - NoJax Structure Analysis

Organizational behavior structure characteristics

According to the organizational structure of the NoJax Company, it structure characteristics include:

a) The control span of the company’s operations is based on the closely project teams and managers. For instance, according to NoJax Company, the employees work on teams and are not allowed to change teams or groups.

b) There is functional classification of the operations of the company. It uses a functional utility, but, control is based on the classified managers in marketing, design, and research and development.

c) Finally, it is chain of command. The chain of command of NoJax is created and controlled by product managers and direct chain to the manager under supervision; marketing, design and research and development.

d) The company’s structure: the company’s structure affects the positivity performance and retention of employees in the long terms. There is also a challenge for making informed decisions, which does not the many different conflicts arising due to different views of managers.

Organizational structure that NoJax is currently using

The organizational structure of NoJax is a matrix structure, which does not develop a positive organizational behavior due to different chains of commands and control. For instance, there are managers in design, marketing, and research and development. These managers have others working either in running shoes, running apparel or weight lifting products. Thus, making decisions requires consulting of many managers and this might be a redundancy, which hinders effective decision making for the company. There is also poor decision making in the company due to lack of centralization of leadership. As a result, it is a challenge due to the poor centralization of decision making. Nojax also has different chains of commands, which might affect the development of a positive working culture and organizational culture. The matrix structure also has different cultural affiliation. For instance, the managers are of different ethnic cultures, which makes the company a multi-cultural organization.

Rank decision-making power, creativity, and ease of communication from most important to least important for NoJax's success

Based on the operations and success of the NoJax, creativity is the most essential element, which has helped the company to focus on successful launching of the company’s business. It is also a means to ensure, develop, and improve effective launching to increase, develop, and motivate the essential features gained through product creativity. Closely followed by rank decision making power. This is only needed when considering making the core decisions. For instance, decisions on marketing of apparel will be made between marketing, apparel or product managers. It will time to make the necessary decisions. But, the least important is ease of communication due to the different command chains, which makes the process of communication difficult, especially, due to the lack of a conflict methodology to improve communication between managers and managers.

Explain if you think NoJax's current structure is effectively cultivating the characteristic you have ranked as most important

Due to the different structures and chains of command, the company does not support effective decision making to achieve the needed creativity. Secondly, the chain of command affects the optimum need and expectations towards transition making and achieve the necessary processes to ensure the challenges of making the core decisions within the different company operations. This does not support and help in advancing and increasing effective decision makings. Third, there is the need of reducing different commands and consider using product structuring or functional structuring to help in ease of communication and decision making. But, it is a challenge affecting and impacting effective decision making. Finally, the company does not allow teams to interact, which also affects creativity in the long run.

References

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Grant, R. M. (2016). Contemporary strategy analysis: Text and cases edition. John Wiley & Sons.