Mechanistic And Organic Business Structure: The Structure Of An Organizational Structure

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Introduction There are many organizations that have been successful these organizations have to be built around a great organizational structure this structure is based on how the company is being ran throughout. The organizations can often go through ups and downs as they grow and prosper. This is mostly also depended on the organizational structure of the Hierarchy
Organizational summary The organization that I choose that I was familiar with would be my old college of Andrews university. The organizational structure is very unorthodox such the organizational structure processes their structure is an organic structure According to “Mechanistic & Organic Organizational Business Structures” these organizations are more likely to be unstable …show more content…

There are often negatives to this type of communication as the message goes through the process of the levels of higher management. The messages tend to get mismanaged and the other employees are often left to decipher the message. The information is often diluted which falls negatively on the employees although this is very common in this organization as the organization often have many levels of upper management and the directions and decisions are often confused whenever they are passed down to the employees. This is in direct correlation of the decision making in the organization which I have determined this organizations runs by centralized decision making in which the decisions are made by one individuals on where the direction of the organization is going. This would be the president which makes the decisions and then these decisions are passed onto other members of the organization. This can also have negative consequences because of the multiple layers of higher management with my opinions from management and the employees. The organization also runs in an open environment according to theoretical psychologists applied the theory to …show more content…

The decisions that the president decides would be passed through the athletic director and his assistant. Then the final decisions would be passed between the student leaders and the head supervisors to see if decision is in the best interest in the organization and the members of the organization. Once the message is clear its then delivered to the remaining supervisors. This would improve communication in the organization among the workers and higher management.
Organization progresses 6- 12 months The organization can assess the changes in the organizational structure by checking with the students to see if improvements are being properly corrected around campus. The organizational correction is put into place in order to may sure decisions are clear. The organization can tell if the changes are working if the population of the organization is increasing and also the revenue of the organization is increasing. This should give the organization marginal gains for the next 6 months to a year. I have designed an organizational plan for my old college in order to improve the communication and help employees perform their

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