Organizational Structure, Emotions, and Effective Team Characteristics

Running head: INTRODUCTION OF MANAGEMENT
Introduction of management
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Answer to Q1:
1.1 Explain an organizational structure including its advantages and disadvantages:
Organizational structure is widely known to have a variety of structure stating different
functionality and hence, productivity. Popularly, few structures are line organizational structure,
divisional organizational structure, matrix organizational structure and hybrid organizational
structure (Islam, Jasimuddin and Hasan 2015). In this study, the main focus is on the Divisional
organizational structure.
The divisional organizational structure is further divided into various sections like
function, product, project, geographic territory and combination (Earnhart and Leonard 2016).
Departmentalization into various kinds of functions serves a varied range of purposes. Therefore,
the different departmentalization based on distinguished functions provides a different set of
advantages and disadvantages to its possessor. Departmentalization is done to address a
distinguished set of functions.
Advantages: Divisional structure helps to an emphasis on the end result. It enables
focusing on a particular product line. HODs are connected to each other by means of functional
division. Hence, reporting is in a much-improved form. It further means that product-wise
emphasis is bigger which is supported by a differentiation of the product lines and facilitation of
improved communication between SEO and the HODs. Production of managers is another
advantage. Due to a separate division of distinguished product lines, senior or skilled employees
get ample of time to get settled with the managerial skills. Measurement of performance
becomes easier due to the emphasis on the end result of the separate product line. Emphasis on

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profits gets deeper due to the separation of product lines into the different division (Carley and
Prietula 2014).
Disadvantages: The structure is costly as managers are needed for the separate product
line. Hence, it is feasible only for a few organizations. Recruitment of more managers may be
required if the organization lacks to have sufficient bench of managers. It may also have a lack
of specialization as more resources are required (Dedahanov, Rhee and Yoon 2017).
Answer to Q2:
2.1 Defining emotions:
Emotion can be defined as a short-term or even a long-term belief that employee carries.
This may be understood as perceptions which employees possess. Such perceptions are the result
of external influences such as the workplace environment, employee behavior and the
organizational policies (Vranjes et al. 2018). Emotions can be both positive and negative.
Positive emotions may be extremely advantageous for employees and also the employers. On the
other hand, negative emotions may be harmful as well. There are lists of positive emotions such
as enthusiasm. One of the negative emotions is anxiety (Vranjes et al. 2018).
2.2 Impact of one positive and one negative emotion at the workplace:
Impact of one positive emotion (Enthusiasm): Enthusiasm is one of the keys to
employee’s success. Employees filled up with sheer enthusiasm perform to their potential.
Enthusiasm in someone is self-generated and in few, it is created under the influence of some
external factors. Those who are born with the enthusiasm they excel at the different stage that
they become a part of. It helps them in academics to stand against the odds and deliver the