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Organizational Structure Assignment Report

   

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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3TASK 1............................................................................................................................................31.1................................................................................................................................................31.2................................................................................................................................................41.3................................................................................................................................................5TASK 2............................................................................................................................................52.1................................................................................................................................................52.2................................................................................................................................................62.3................................................................................................................................................6TASK 3............................................................................................................................................73.1................................................................................................................................................73.2................................................................................................................................................83.3................................................................................................................................................8TASK 4............................................................................................................................................94.1................................................................................................................................................94.2..............................................................................................................................................104.3..............................................................................................................................................10CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTIONOrganization behaviour is an in-depth analysis of human behaviour towards workingenvironment of the firm. By applying different cultural patterns in the organisation, leader canincrease positive environment at workforce. It is a systematic approach which is used to increasethe efficiency of individuals by assessing their behaviour. It is the a proper both employees andgroup activities at the workplace (Fearon and et.al., 2010). In this project, two organizations have been selected in which first is UK based CityCollege and second is Rent a Car Enterprises. In this, various leadership styles and theories areadopted by the management. The report presented herewith emphasizes on identifying waysthrough which individual potential is analysed and workforce is directed towards achievement ofthe same goal. .Moreover, this is a study in which working environment of two business unitsare compared and contrasted through adoption of models that form part of the organizationbehaviour (Shimizu, Patton and Husband, 2010).TASK 11.1Organizational structure is a process of task allocation, coordinating, supervision anddirection of the workflow for achieving business aim and objectives (Yates, 2012). Mainly twostructures are followed by the organisations which are listed as below: Flat structure: It is often called as a horizontal structure where no middle management isinvolved and employees can communicating to the manager or top management. City Collegehas adopted this form of structure at the workplace. In this, every department works in as theirfixed criteria. It can be understood in a way that teaching department has control over thestudents and HR department hired a new lecturer according to college and students’’s nee (Yates,2012). City College also follows task culture by which work is divided into sub parts. So, theload of work gets divided among respective team members. There are three main departmentssuch as: teaching, human resource and administration. This in turn helps in division andallocation of work at departmental level. In which team focuses only on their work criteria andthey contribute in an equal manner in the given task. This will help in That why they enhancingwork performance. City College follows short chain of command where dean of the collegehandles all relevant matters. The College has been adopted supervision in the college premises

where staff member and student both are can express t opinion. Dean of college is encouragingself-direction in his students with the help of broad control. Tall structure: Tall structure is followed in a vertical manner at the workplace. Here,long chain of commanding is adopted by the leader. In context of rent-a-car Enterprise, threehierarchies of management operate which include: top, middle and lower level ofmanagement. . They have no right to interact directly with each other. They have to follow a setstructure formed by the entity (Ponevchinsky and et.al., 2010). There is a narrow breadth ofcommand where close supervision is encouraged by the management. Because of the largestructure, work is divided into teams and leader interacts with each and every individual and findout their problems and give them proper guidance to resolve the same (Smelser, 2011).Enterprise has adopted power culture in which authorities are centralized by the top managementand superior takes the most of decisions at workplace. In this, all decisions are taken by higherauthority of the organisation.1.2Culture and structure of the organisation are co-related with each other and it affects thebusiness performance (Marques and et.al, 2013). It is necessary to evaluate the relationshipbetween culture and structure of the organisation and along with considering its impact. In theorganisation, many roles and responsibilities are divided among the workers where control andcoordination are needed for the fulfilment of work... It is essential to have an idea of chain ofauthority so as to ensure smooth flow of operations. In City College, flat organisational structureis adopted which involves decentralized decision making process. It helps in maintaining strongcommunication in City College. Employee can express their views, ideas and suggestions todean, which in turn, helps to build positive work culture. On the other hand, Enterprise Rent a car is following tall structure where decision hasbeen taken by the CEO of the company and operations are managed in a centralized manner.system results in efficient management of operations by ensuring control in one hand. However,culture is a negatively effected there is communication gap among the employees. Further, lackof communication may hamper long term performance of the business unit so that land (Bakkerand Schaufeli, 2008).To improve their work culture, City College focuses upon their teaching quality andevaluation of the current teaching methods so as to increase efficiency of the individuals. On

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