Organisation Design and Structure

   
The term Design and Structure are always focus on the human activities to
achieve a  goal and to have a supervision. Organisation can affect human
behaviour greatly,Because when people working in the company with
different format,An individual will have a different ability and efficiency.So,The Design and
structure are very important to control the human resources.

Talking about the main elements of organisation structure,Actually,there are many types
of structure.To design a suitable format of the specific firm,We need to consider the characteristic.In fact,the two main types are the mechanistic and organic structures.

The first one is autocracy that means worker have a high degree of task specialisation, they
must have the responsibility and authority.It also can be called the centralisation. Employee should be obeyed the top decision.No one can change or amend the policy.In this case,
people just need to finish their task,do not need to do other thing.

Many factory is the first one.Such as the company of Foxconn ( Foxconn is primarily an original design manufacturer and its clients include Apple ,Samsung ,Nokia and so on.
To increase the productivity, the factor need a detailed rule to control the labor and to achieve the mission.


The second one (organic) is about the free style of the working environment.Those structure mainly work about the job with elasticity.They need to do the job with their own ability and knowledge.Sometimes,People are expected to work together and use their initiative to solve problems.Just like the writer ,creator, inventor.Job descriptions and rules are few and imprecise.It also can be called Decentralisation, which means a decision can be made by one person.People may have more freedom in the workplace.

Apart from that, To gain more profit,managers would like divide the missions for individuals
or teams.It will specialize with function or divisions.The function approach can be efficient
while people having a special talent in the specific subject work together.Other,Divisions is another method.Managers use the method for more clear responsibility .Cooperation and
coordination are vital in this area.

For me ,I think we should not only use one method to the one system when the  organisation is full of variety.We must change with the environment correspondently.
Take SUBWAY be an example: AT first ,It only is a small fast food shop in the USA.
So,there is no any difficult management skill in it.The owner could have a  shopman or
do it by his/herself.It is a totally mechanistic activity.But when the Brand become more popular,It has more resources in it.So,for control the large resources .The company should be a complex structure to solve different issues.

In short,Different system have different advantages and drawbacks.Before choosing the structure,the size and the feature should be considered.  Very often, many diverse
structure could be applied in one organisation ,It depends on the efficiency and the orientation. Quantity and quality ,Which one is the best ?
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