Line Authority

Organization management is a very critical aspect in any business. All other things constantly held; organization management determines success or failure of a business. Organization management is a process that involves planning, staffing, coordination, directing and organization so as to achieve the set objectives. It entails bringing together employees, managers and processes of a business so as to achieve the objectives, targets and goals of the business. Therefore, organization management is a process of establishing a productive relationship with internal and external parties of the organization. Organization as a duty of management lays foundation for planning. Organization process is a sequence of activities that involves the following …show more content…
Delegation of authority within the organization is very important as it entails how different participants, for example, employees and management relate. Authority in an organization may occur in three forms; line authority, staff authority and functional authority. Such traits as efficiency, success and effectiveness of the organization activities; are directly influenced by effective of the authority within the organization (Khan, 2009). Line authority entails the authority that exists between superior and subordinates. Organization Management will fail or succeed depending on how line authority operates. Line authority pertains the coordination, operation and performance such activities as production; sales, human resource and finance among others that are aspects of organization management. Authority in line with staff authority involves relationship between different levels of employees, for example, the supervisors ensuring that employees perform their activities as required. Delegation of staff authority is very important, as it is one of the key factors that ensure success of the organization. Effective organization management will is a result of good staff authority delegation and authority management. Then there is the functional authority, it …show more content…
Employees in an organization resist changes for various reasons; the following are some of the reasons. Firstly, employees fear that might lose their jobs when changes are made such as adoption of a new system. Secondly, poor communication of the anticipated changes, hence the employees fail to understand the importance of the changes. Thirdly, employees resist changes due to fear of the results of the changes. Other reasons to resist change include, lack of prize, inappropriate time for changes and loss of their current positions among others. Resisting change is a common behavior among employees in any organization; however, managers can overcome resistance through the following activities. The managers need to identify and understand the reasons behind the employee 's resistance. After that, managers should involve the employees in every step of making the change; this helps the employees to know the changes and their reasons. As a result, the employees and the subordinates adopt the appropriate attitude towards the changes. Wal-Mart Company as an example has undergone many changes in relation to time (Drucker, 2005). It has adopted changes, to better their services, for competitive of the business and technological changes in relation to present the time. For example, with the announcement of the company willingness to change and improve nutritional values of the store brands. The