Introduction to Modern Workplace

Introduction to
Modern Workplace

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................1
MAINBODY....................................................................................................................................1
Analyse the relationship of organisational structure and culture with organisational
performance.............................................................................................................................1
Effects of various organisation factors on individual behaviour...............................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
Books and journals....................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Organisational structure and culture as said be to vital base of every organisation in this modern
competitive and global business environement therefore it has become for every organisation to
make best possible use of the resources in the modern workplace(Kalev and Deutsch, 2018).
Organisational strucuture can be said as the identification of the firm’s system that outline the
and defines the rule and regulation which later help company to generate culture of the
organisation in order to predict the organisational behaviour. On the other hand, organisation
culture defines the values, assumptions where the individuals work and create that environment
which helps them to remain productive. Developing culture in the company is very essential as it
helps to bring more productivity and the turnover rate of the employees is also less. This means
when the employees will find better environment and culture inside the company than they will
not think to move to change their job. Marks & Spencer is a retailer company whose headquarter
is in London, England. The company was founded in 1884 by Michael Marks and Thomas
Spencer in Leeds. The company basically provides clothing, home products and food products to
their consumers.
MAINBODY
Analyse the relationship of organisational structure and culture with organisational performance.
As the structure of an organization determines how roles and responsibilities are assigned
and how they will be deliberated and the flow of communication between different levels and
sectors, it depends on the goals of the organizations and the manner they want to achieve these
goals. In integrated structures all decision-making powers are maintained at the highest level of
management and all other departments are closely monitored and controlled.
The structure of an organization can be divided into two different sizes, vertical and horizontal.
Standing organizational structures have many different levels of authority and people in charge
or in positions of responsibility who have less or less control space (control time is the number of
subordinates who work under each person) compared to a fixed structure(Mullins and
Panagopoulos,2019). A little control time is easy to manage and communicate with. It also
requires less administrative ability to control a large number of people such as in a wide area of
control. Horizontal organization organizations often have a wide range of control space i.e.
subordinate to more than one subordinate manager or supervisor. Direct structures tend to have
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