1. Introduction Knowledge management has obtained a great amount of momentum as a critical tool for organisational competitiveness (Antonova & Gourova, 2009:1). Knowledge management (KM) can be defined as the deliberate and organised coordination of the employees of the organisation, the technology, organisational structures as well as processes in order to benefit the organisation through innovative practices and reuse. This coordination can be reached through creating, sharing as well as…
Organizational structure: Organizational structure refers to how an organization arranges people and jobs so its work can be performed and its goals can be met. It has been described as a mechanism that reduces behavior variability (Weber, 1946; Burns & Stalker, 1961; Mintzberg, 1979), It is a set of policies and rules that determine how the roles, power and responsibilities are assigned, controlled and coordinated, how decisions are made and implemented throughout the organization and how…
engage employee participation. A proposed method task is to request that employees be involved in the process of decision-making. They will be able to identify with the strategy and put in a lot of effort to see it through. When implementing organizational changes, we must also be consistent. We must communicate and deliver on a steady a daily basis and include some of the new ideas at a minimum that offered by the…
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Business leaders believe a strong organizational culture is critical to success. Organizational culture is a system of shared assumptions, values , norms and beliefs which governs the operating style of the people within organizations. Culture is how organizations ‘do things’. Culture is consistent, observable patterns of behavior in organizations. Aristotle said, “ We are what we repeatedly do.” This view elevates repeated behavior or habits as the core of culture and deemphasizes what people…
group of people with some specific goals, objectives and activities (Bhattacharyya,2009). We know how an organization coordinates activities and establishes authority relationship among its employees. The process of organization culminates into organizational structure. Illustrator I : Organisation is the coordinated efforts of all functional activities. Source : Organisational Behaviour by Nair, Suja R. Published by Himalaya Publishing House 2010 Organisational structure is the framework…
Anatomy of Performance (“AOP”) is a framework for performance improvement that uses needs assessment methods to understand and address the variables that influence organizational performance. AOP was codified as a process in 1990, with the publication of Improving Performance: How to Manage the White Space on the Organization Chart by Geary Rummler and Alan Brache. This framework emerged from decades of work by the authors in the Performance Improvement field and the Programmed Instruction…
Organizational culture is one of the most fascinating and exclusive topics for management researchers. It has been defined as a programming of mind, which distinguishes the member of one organization from one another (Hofstede, 1991) or a system of shared values and believes within an organization, which guides the behaviour of the employee (from French et al. 2008). Deal & Kennedy’s (1982) phrase ‘the way we do things round here’ a definition that might more properly describe ‘culture’, but…
This paper focuses on one of the most important point in an organization—employee motivation. As a sustaining goal-directed behavior, employee motivation affects organization’s turnover rate and organizational effectiveness. In order to increase company’s productivity, understanding how to raise employee motivation is crucial. Based on the six needs, managers can increase the motivation by fulfill employees’ needs, create incentives, communicate, and empower employees. Every coin has two sides.…
Introduction Organization structures can be defined in the manner in which jobs or tasks are formally grouped, divided and coordinated for the achievement of organizational goals. The organization structure can also be considered as a perspective through which the people see their organization. Organizations have different organizational structures since they differ from each other in all sorts of aspects such environment, people, and goals. Each organization is a set of individuals who are put…