Critical Organisational Analysis of Organisation

CRITICAL
ORGANISATIONAL
ANALYSIS OF
ORGANISATION

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Theoretical perspective...........................................................................................................1
Summary table........................................................................................................................2
Literature review....................................................................................................................5
Critical evaluation..................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERNCES.................................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Organisation analysis can be define as process of appraising growth of workforce,
business environment, overall development, structure, etc. This will also helps in identifying
performance of organisation, areas of problem, opportunities and make strategies so that overall
productivity can be enhanced. Zara is Spanish retailer brand situated in Galicia which deals in
shoes, clothing, beauty products, perfumes, accessories, etc. at international level. It was
established in 1975 as Zorba and manages upto 20 collection of clothing in a year and operates in
different 202 markets with more than 10,000 stores worldwide (INDITEX, 2019). In this essay
different themes will be considered for organisational analysis and selection of one which has
greatest importance in organisation. At last, Critical evaluation will be done on behaviour of
company in relation to selected factor and its application.
MAIN BODY
Theoretical perspective
Theoretical perspective can be define as set of assumptions informing about reality of
questions asked and results that can be concluded. It can be look as a lens by which individual
focus on what they see and field of sociology is theoretical perspective based on different social
systems assumptions. It is important for research as it serves thoughts and ideas to make it clears
to others as well. Some of the major theoretical perspective are as follows:
Symbolic Theoretical Perspective: It is also known as symbolic interactionism theory
which is micro – level theory focuses on individuals relationships with each other. The founder
of this theory George Herbert Mead (1863–1931) states that human being interact with
meaningful things and same comes from others and society. Researcher who apply symbolic
theoretical perspective is more interested in pattern of interaction between different individuals.
The main focus of this theory is on building society for interaction and recognise patterns of
culture. Such theory uses more of qualitative research methods like in – depth interviews or
observation as they are effective in understanding symbolic subjects.
Constructivism is extension theory of symbolic theoretical perspective which states that
reality need to be cognitively construct to be. Individuals tends to develop social constructs
which are based on interactions with others. This approach focus on generating meaning from
social interaction of everyday which is social construct. The words that are used to interact have
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certain meaning for sender in communication and thus need to be understand in same sense by
receiver. This approach is applied to define and understand what is deviant in a society.
Deviances can be defined in different ways which is acceptable in the society in which
individuals lives and community from which they belong. There are many criticism of this
perspective as well like this leads to scrutinised because remaining objectives are difficult to
understand. Other is that it narrows focus on interaction which leads to use of symbols limited
and thus hinder the quality of communication. This have impact on writing as well as this theory
will suggest that interview and observation will be used for conducting research.
Another theoretical perspective is contemporary which is also known as functionalist
perspective which states that each factor in society is dependent on each other and also
contributes in functioning of society. The government or state provides educational related
services of children in the community and in return families and individuals pays taxes. In this
case families are dependent on school that they help children to get educated and have higher
living standards. It was developed by Hebert Spence (1820–1903) who believes that there is
similarities in human body and society. As all organs makes human body work together same in
case of society, various factors work together so that society functions well. Such factors of
society are institutions like government, family, religion, healthcare, economy and education.
It is also called structural – functional theory which stated that society is complex system but
interconnected where each factor works collectively as a function. Metaphor used for this is
human body where each organ work together so that whole body can functions effectively. This
has implications in writing that each and every factor needs to be analyse so that collective
functions can be understood in an organisation.
Summary table
Themes Meaning
Structure and Design Organisation structure is system which defines hierarchy level
in relation to roles, supervision, functions, responsibilities, etc.
it also defines flow of information among level of organisation
so that roles and responsibilities are clear so that efficiency can
be increased. There are two types of organisational structure
from which ZARA can choose and effectively adopt in
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