Organizational structure refers to the way of arranging people and assigning responsibilities to perform work and meet goals in an organization, it is particularly important for the large organization, where decisions need to be made in many tasks, unlike in the case of a small organization that day-to-day communication is frequent and formal structure is unnecessary (Distelzweig, n.d.). In order to explain the concept of a good organizational structure, two organizations are chosen for comparison and analysis, which are the Apple and Microsoft company.
Firstly, for the Apple company, Apple Computer was created by Steve Jobs and his partner in 1976 as the personal computer manufacturer, it was once faced full of obstacles to sustain with …show more content…
It contains both advantages and disadvantages of this structure. According to Meyer (2016), the hierarchy of the structure can support strong control over the organization. As they are both functional based and product based grouping, it can ensure the president and vice president of either Apple or Microsoft to control the whole processes of the organization. They will make the final decision after considering different factors so as to having the greatest performance and profit. Besides, the staff can learn new skills under this structure. Since there are having many people who are having the similar background in one department, they can exchange the information or skills by interacting with others. Also, it can not only enhance their productivity, but also understand and review the procedure of work. The employees may also understand the goals of their own department clearly, it can provide motivation for them to advance their careers to achieve the goals. Apart from that, they are clear about their accountabilities and functions within the team.
Moreover, the companies can gain the benefits from their expertises. As the expertises can help to solve different technical problems in order to enhance the productivity. They may have a high speed and efficiency of producing products in order to raise up the productivity as they are familiar with their specialty. They can proceed with self-confidence when …show more content…
We predict that the employees from either Apple or Microsoft need to report to their group leader. And the group leader is related to the team manager. They will not make decisions together, and there is having a clear structure for the staff to follow. Further, the span of control refers to the a number of employees that supervised by a manager (Joseph, 2016). We know that there is having a manager to manage the team in different departments for both Apple and Microsoft. They need to report the duty to the top management. However, this may be affected by different factors such as the skills or abilities of the manager or employee
Firstly, for the Apple company, Apple Computer was created by Steve Jobs and his partner in 1976 as the personal computer manufacturer, it was once faced full of obstacles to sustain with …show more content…
It contains both advantages and disadvantages of this structure. According to Meyer (2016), the hierarchy of the structure can support strong control over the organization. As they are both functional based and product based grouping, it can ensure the president and vice president of either Apple or Microsoft to control the whole processes of the organization. They will make the final decision after considering different factors so as to having the greatest performance and profit. Besides, the staff can learn new skills under this structure. Since there are having many people who are having the similar background in one department, they can exchange the information or skills by interacting with others. Also, it can not only enhance their productivity, but also understand and review the procedure of work. The employees may also understand the goals of their own department clearly, it can provide motivation for them to advance their careers to achieve the goals. Apart from that, they are clear about their accountabilities and functions within the team.
Moreover, the companies can gain the benefits from their expertises. As the expertises can help to solve different technical problems in order to enhance the productivity. They may have a high speed and efficiency of producing products in order to raise up the productivity as they are familiar with their specialty. They can proceed with self-confidence when …show more content…
We predict that the employees from either Apple or Microsoft need to report to their group leader. And the group leader is related to the team manager. They will not make decisions together, and there is having a clear structure for the staff to follow. Further, the span of control refers to the a number of employees that supervised by a manager (Joseph, 2016). We know that there is having a manager to manage the team in different departments for both Apple and Microsoft. They need to report the duty to the top management. However, this may be affected by different factors such as the skills or abilities of the manager or employee