...The Spectrum Brands Organize Using A Matrix Structure A matrix structure as a project management structure sets up teams from different departments, thereby creating two or more intersecting lines of authority. Also, matrix addresses issues that arise with the growth, diversification, productivity, and competitiveness in its structure. Matrix structures provide flexibility, enhanced cooperation, and creativity. They enable the company to respond quickly to changes in the environment by giving special attention to specific projects or problems. An approached to organization design in which employees report both to a functional or departmental supervisor and a project supervisor is a matrix design. When David Jones started his career in Rayovac in 1996, the company almost exclusively produced batteries. In his first year, Rayovac generated sales of about $400 million. Mr. Jones has changed the strategic direction of the company, introducing Matrix structures and he diversified the product lines and Rayovac is not competing in several different markets. Ultimately, Jones strategies have led to a name chang for the corporation. It is now known as the Spectrum Brands Corporation. The Spectrum Company not only produces batteries; but also many varieties like pet products, personal grooming, and lawn and garden care. Matrix structure has helps the company annual sales growth and diversified its production in to multi- items. The market becomes bigger in the world wide markets and...
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...Assessment 2: Management and Organizational Structure issues Strayer University Situation To gain perspective of operating efficiencies within the Spectrum Brands organization, an examination of differing structures will be written. This paper will offer perspectives of the matrix and multidivisional structures, possible communication problems and ways to overcome them. A recommendation of effective centralization of organizations will be offered. Action 1. When David Jones joined Rayovac batteries were the main product line. For the company to utilize a matrix structure would prove effective in times of growth by branching out into other product lines. This requires existing management and employees having different backgrounds and focusing on different aspects of a project. Assuming Spectrum Brands intends to create a new vacuum cleaner, a team would be formed with each person being from different departments, and possibly specializations. This would exist as a person from design and engineering and another from marketing working to create the vacuum. The organization would exist as a team with the individuals still having to report to their functional management, but also reporting to project managers working on associated aspects of the vacuum cleaner product development. As the vacuum cleaner product develops, certain individuals would become more involved while others might drop out of the team completely. Action 2. The use of multidivisional structure is likely...
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...Project Management, 2e (Pinto) Chapter 2 The Organizational Context: Strategy, Structure, and Culture 2.1 True/False 1) The same project managed in the same fashion may succeed in one organization but fail in another. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Section: 2.0 Introduction Skill: Factual AACSB Tag: Reflective 2) Most companies are well suited to allow for successful completion of projects in conjunction with other on-going corporate activities. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Section: 2.0 Introduction Skill: Factual AACSB Tag: Reflective 3) Developing vision and mission statements is an important tactical step in project management. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Section: 2.1 Projects and Organizational Strategy Skill: Definition AACSB Tag: Reflective 4) One element of strategic management is cross-functional decision-making. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Section: 2.1 Projects and Organizational Strategy Skill: Definition AACSB Tag: Reflective 5) Strategy, goals, and programs support the organizational mission. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Section: 2.1 Projects and Organizational Strategy Skill: Definition AACSB Tag: Reflective 6) Stakeholder analysis looks at a project's customers and determines whether their needs are being met. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Section: 2.2 Stakeholder Management Skill: Definition AACSB Tag: Reflective 7) Suppliers and competitors are possible intervenor groups in a project. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Section: 2.2...
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...Organizational Structure MGT 230 April 8, 2012 Dr. John Opinski Organizational Structure Organization and planning are an essential asset for organization’s to attain the highest level of efficiency and achieve success. Microsoft is an organization with a structure composed of a chief executive officer (CEO), who is Steve Ballmer, a board of directors, executives, and senior and technical leaders. Microsoft has grown since it was founded in1975 and is currently a worldwide leader in services and software (Microsoft, 2009). Microsoft has an efficient and productive organizational structure. This paper will show a comparison to other organizations to demonstrate the importance of an organizational structure and show similarity and also distinctness in structure. An evaluation of how organizational functions such as finance, marketing, operations, and human resources influence and determine the organizational structure of Microsoft is given. Additional examination of Microsoft defines the outcome of organizational functions to the organizational structure. Microsoft’s organizational design illustrates the best structure to achieve the organizations goals. Last, Microsoft’s organizational structure of management, functions, and design work together to achieve success. Companies need to have organization and levels of authority to function successfully. The first level of any company’s organizational function is employees. Employees are divided into different departments...
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...February 07, 2012 Thomas Baine Convergys Origination Even though if a company has no organizational structure, function, or design it will fail. Convergys organizational structure is unique when compared and contrasted with two different organizational structures because; organizational functions influence and determine the organizational structure, and organizational design helps determine which structure best suits the organization’s needs. Because of the below process and procedures Convergys continues year after year to be the leader in customer service and a fortune 500 company. Convergys has 75,000 employees and clients in more than 70 countries, speaking more than 35 languages, and their annual income is $2.5 billion. The company developed from Cincinnati Bell Information Systems and MATRIXX, both subsidiaries of Cincinnati Bell, and AT&T Solutions Customer Care, which was sold to Cincinnati Bell in 1998; an IPO in 1998 made it a fully independent company. Since then, Convergys' headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, has acquired numerous companies. (Netrashetty, 2011, para. 4) Convergys organizational structure is unique when compared and contrasted with two different organizational structures because it is grouped into four separate self-sufficient organizations that include Billing Services, Human Resources Services, Professional Consulting Services, and Customer Management Group. Each origination reports directly to Convergys Chief Operating Officer ("Process...
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...Organizational Behavior Management The purpose of this paper is to define the meaning of organizational behavior within the workplace. Then explain how organizational behavior affects project management along with how project manger should adapt his or her approach to complement organizational behavior. Next describe the three organizational structures and explain how each one affects the projects being done by team members. Organizational behavior means to maintain and enhance interaction levels among the employees in the business (Organizational Behavior, 2011). For examples, managers needs to know how to lead with good leadership skills, have open discussion so employees can voice his or her opinions, and have set challenge initaives to help the business achieve its strategies in the project. Another example would be in a group setting while informing the teams on the project inform them of the initiatives of completing the project in a timely matter like few day off or a bonuses pay, but the project has to be done with the best research and best results. Organizational behavior affects project management by influceing the team that he or she can get the project done when the team works together (Organizational Behavior, 2011). For example the project management was assign to come up with ideas to increase the space needed to improve the pediatric department to accommodate more patients. For this project the management needs to influences the team on the importance...
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...March 30, 2015 Walmart’s Organizational Structure Walmart was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton. Walton opened the first Walmart in Rogers, Arkansas. Walmart was officially incorporated in October of 1969 as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and is publicly traded on the NYSE. Walmart’s main headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas and is the largest grocery retailer in the United States. Likewise, Walmart has 11,453 retail stores in 27 countries, under 71banners. The company operates under the Walmart name in the U.S which includes Puerto Rico. It operates in Mexico as Walmex, in the United Kingdom as Asda, in Japan as Seiyu, and in India as Best Price. It also has wholly owned operations in Argentina, Brazil, and Canada. Walmart hasn’t always been successful in entering new countries, mainly in Germany and South Korea whereas in the United Kingdom, South America, and China are highly successful. Walmart employs 2.2 million associates around the world with 1.3 million of them in the US. (Walmart .com) Organizational Structure Every organization takes on some direction, in terms of what customers/clients it serves and what functions it performs for these customers. The organizational Structure of the Wal-Mart Corporation is a divisional structure that has made some changes to its structure in 2010. A divisional structure has three different categories in which are product structure, market structure, and geographic structure. Wal-Mart falls under market structure. This is where groups function...
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...MGT 230: MANAGEMENT THEORY AND PRACTICE February 27, 2012 Introduction It is important to be aware of your company's organizational structure because it reveals information regarding who has authority over whom; how and why a company divides the workload by specific people and by groups/teams. Understanding your organizational structure can also reveal important cross-functional relationships to coordinate work efforts for optimum results. It can show where breakdowns can occur in the hierarchy and assist in developing solutions for increased accountability. In this paper, we will discuss and describe the organizational structure of Google and compare their organizational structure to the organizational structure of two other fortune 500 companies, Boeing and Microsoft. We will evaluate how organizational functions (such as marketing, finance, human resources, and operations) influence and determine the organizational structure of your selected organization. Finally, we will explain how organizational design (such as geographic, functional, customer-based, product, service, hybrid, matrix, marketing channels, and departmentalization) determines why each organizational structure works for that company’s needs. Organizational Structure Organizations are designed and structured in such a way to best meet their needs and goals. How an organization is setup can directly impact how successful the organization is in achieving those...
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...1. Introduction 2. Executive summary 3. Theory of organizational structure 4. Types of organizational structure 5. The nature of the organizational structure 6. Case study 7. Task 1 8. Task 2 9. Task 3 10. Conclusion 11. Recommendation 12. Reference Introduction Any operating organization should have its own structure in order to operate efficiently. For an organization, the organizational structure is a hierarchy of people and its functions. The organizational structure of an organization tells us the character of an organization and the values it believes in. therefore, when we do business with an organization or getting into a new job in an organization, it is always a great idea to get to know and understand their organizational structure. Executive summary In this assignment, I describe about the theory of the organization, the types of the organization, and the nature of the organization. As task 1, 2 and 3 I have explain about Paul Rogers’ card design business. Theory of organizational structure The theory of organizational structure is a product of the industrial revolution to help businesses appropriate their workforce. Classical school Henry Fayol is acknowledged as the founder of the Classical Organization theory and is one of the pioneers of management thought. He divided the business activities into six areas- technical, commercial, financial, accounting, managerial functions and protecting the assets of the organization...
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...Table of Contents 1. Understand the relationship between organizational structure and culture: 2 1.1 Compare and contrast different organizational structure and cultures: 2 1.2 Explain how the relationship between an organization’s structure and culture can impact on the performance of the business: 4 1.3 Discuss the factors which influence individual behavior at work: 4 2. Understand different approaches to management and leadership: 5 2.1 Compare the effectiveness of different leadership styles in different organizations: 5 2.2 Explain how organizational theory underpins the practice of management: 5 2.3 Evaluate the different approaches to management used by different organizations: 6 3. Understand ways of using motivational theories in organizations 7 3.1 Discuss the impact that different leadership styles may have on motivation in organizations in period of change: 7 3.2 Compare the application of different motivational theories within the workplace: 8 3.3 Evaluate the usefulness of a motivation theory for managers: 9 4. Understand mechanism for developing effective teamwork in organizations 10 4.1 Explain the nature of groups and group behavior within organizations: 10 4.2 Discuss factors that may promote or inhibit the development of effective teamwork in organizations: 10 4.3 evaluate the impact of technology on team functioning within a given organization: 11 References: 12 Introduction: Organization is the combination of people for...
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...What is Organizational Development? Organizational Development An organization includes any situation in which two or more persons are involved in a common pursuit or objective. Based on this informal definition then we would like to start our discussion with an assumption that organizations, just like human beings, have cycles of development, each characterized by its specific problems, crises and ways to overcome them. In essence then, Organizational Development is a planned system of change in pursuit of the organization staying relevant to the evolving stakeholder’s needs and environment of operation. Organizational Development is the future readiness of an organization to meet change and a thus a systemic learning and development strategy intended to change the basics of beliefs, attitudes and relevance of values, and structure of the current organization to better absorb disruptive technologies, shrinking or exploding market opportunities and ensuing challenges and chaos. Organizational Development deals with improving a company’s performance and individual development of its employees. Organization development is an ongoing, systematic process of implementing effective organizational change. Organization development is known as both a field of applied behavioral science focused on understanding and managing organizational change and as a field of scientific study and inquiry. It is interdisciplinary in nature and draws on sociology, psychology, and theories of...
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...Organizational Structures (Author’s name) (Institutional Affiliation) Date Introduction The organization of corporate structures is important in the allocation of duties and roles, supervision of employees at the workplace as well as the efficient coordination of workflow in an organization. These plans form the basis of effective operations of any company’s projects, and give accurate insights on the exploration of the minimal resources available to an organization’s disposal. Besides, it enables any company to manage the work force in the process of timely completion of projects and extension of the businesses longevity. Therefore, it is important to define the roles of each party in any project assigned to the organization. Analysis of the case: designing the authorities of a project manager The Beijing EAP Inc. is a company that provided EAPs to many customers. The nature of its operations required the employees to have strong academic backgrounds that qualified them to operate in this multinational service company. Being the largest market holder in the mainland China, the Company had a huge customer base that categorized it as a big corporation. Amongst some customers of BEC were IBM, Siemens, Samsung, Lenovo, Guadong Mobile and the China Development Bank. Consequently, the Company had many projects that prompted the management to subdivide the projects to different segment managers. In this case study, for instance, Mr. Yang represents a training department...
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...Wal-Mart’s Organizational Structure Damaris Medina MGT/230 September 13, 2012 Dan Kassmeier Every company has their own form of organizational structure. Whether the business is big or small, an organizational structure is needed in order to have a successful business. An organizational structure helps put the business in order to make sure there are no problems in the future, but what is an organizational structure? It is how the reporting structure is organized. There are many types of organizational structures. Some examples of organizational structures are, the functional, matrix, and divisional structures (Bateman & Snell, , 2011). When business owners are planning a structure for their business, it is important to know just how complex the business will be. If the business is a major corporation, such as Wal-Mart, then the structure should be able to support the complexity of the business. When a major corporation does not have a structure that supports their complexity, they are likely to have issues with the organization of the business. Thus causing for the business to lack the proper management and potentially fail. An organizational structure will determine how all employees work together. If the business is not under a strong structure, then there will be confusion throughout the whole business. An organizational structure also determines the decisions that the business will make as a whole (, , 1991).If there is no structure, there is no business. There...
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...Organizational Structure Paper The selected organization for this topic is Bank of Guam. Bank of Guam also known as “The People’s Bank,” was charted on March 13, 1972 ("About Bank Of Guam ", 2014). It was the first locally owned bank on the Island of Guam and founded by Mr. Jesus S. Leon Guerrero. Mr. Leon Guerrero initially worked as the vice-president of the Bank of America branch in Guam. During his employment there he grew concerned that the banking needs of the people of Guam were not met and decided to open a bank of his own. ("About Bank Of Guam ", 2014). This paper will provide a description of Bank of Guam’s organizational structure while comparing it with two other organizational structures. It will also identify different organizational functions of the bank showing how they influence and determine the organizational structure. In addition, an explanation of how organizational designs help determine which structure best suits the needs of the bank will be provided. Organizational Structure Banks provide financial products and services to their customers and need to have the best organizational structure to thrive. There are four types of organizational structures which are functional, divisional, matrix, and network. Functional organizations group positions based on the business functions and skills. Divisional organizations divide their company into departments based on their customers, geographic regions, or products. Matrix organizations use...
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...Organizational Structure of Rio Grande An organizational structure is as individual as the company itself. No one structure is appropriate for every organization. The company must look at their options concerning organizational structure to choose the one that best fits the needs of the company. In addition to the structure, the company must look at organizational functions and organizational design. Rio Grande is an example of how a company must tailor the organizational structure to fit with the culture of the company. Organizational Structures Rio Grande began by defining the vertical structure of the company. In this they are very different from most companies. Rio Grande is a family-owned business run by the Bell family. These individuals make up the board of directors. They did not want to run their company with the typical hierarchal structure so they developed a structure they refer to as participative management. Participative management consists of a board of directors, a team of business coaches, and functional teams. According to Rio Grande Careers (2011), “associates know that part of their job is to complete and continuously improve the tasks for which they are responsible. Another part of their job is to participate in the management of the company” (A Principle-Based Company). Rio Grande defines participative management as a decentralized organization. In a decentralized organization lower-level managers make the important decisions of the company...
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