Organization in the Workplace
SirLinda A. Smith
Argosy University
As an Industrial Organizational psychologist it is extremely important to have a through understanding of how the workplace is structured and the responsibilities of the departments within. Depending on the size of the company the number of departments will vary, larger companies will have more departments than a smaller company. The size of the family would contribute to whether the senior level would decide to have in house support staff such as HR and IT departments or out source these areas. It would be more cost effective for a smaller company to use an outsource their IT department since they more than likely would not have the workload to warrant a full time status.
The senior levels of management for a large manufacturing company would include positions such as CEO, and/or a CFO. The CEO is responsible for running the company and reporting on profits and losses to shareholders while the CFO is responsible for any and all financial aspects of the company. Senior level management is mainly responsible for developing strategies and planning how to handle different threats and opportunities from outside …show more content…
That would included positions in IT, human resources, as well as quality control. Each of the 3 managerial positions consults with other areas of the company on how to increase efficient, quality, or productivity within the company. According to Knotts, managerial positions that are considered to be line authorities have the power to make certain requests that lead to the performance of a certain task within the organization. One example mentioned was a VP requesting a report from the head of a department. An easy way to think of line authority is whether the function had to follow or respond to a chain of
SirLinda A. Smith
Argosy University
As an Industrial Organizational psychologist it is extremely important to have a through understanding of how the workplace is structured and the responsibilities of the departments within. Depending on the size of the company the number of departments will vary, larger companies will have more departments than a smaller company. The size of the family would contribute to whether the senior level would decide to have in house support staff such as HR and IT departments or out source these areas. It would be more cost effective for a smaller company to use an outsource their IT department since they more than likely would not have the workload to warrant a full time status.
The senior levels of management for a large manufacturing company would include positions such as CEO, and/or a CFO. The CEO is responsible for running the company and reporting on profits and losses to shareholders while the CFO is responsible for any and all financial aspects of the company. Senior level management is mainly responsible for developing strategies and planning how to handle different threats and opportunities from outside …show more content…
That would included positions in IT, human resources, as well as quality control. Each of the 3 managerial positions consults with other areas of the company on how to increase efficient, quality, or productivity within the company. According to Knotts, managerial positions that are considered to be line authorities have the power to make certain requests that lead to the performance of a certain task within the organization. One example mentioned was a VP requesting a report from the head of a department. An easy way to think of line authority is whether the function had to follow or respond to a chain of