Organizational Structure and Team Management: A Case Study of Arabian Consulting Engineering Centre Al Khafji

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
According to Ashkenas et al. (2015), organizational structure involves a well-
demarcated method that decides on the different departments and allocated tasks in order to
achieve proper co-ordination. An efficient organizational structure would facilitate for better
flow of information, decision making process as well as conflict resolution strategies.
Generally an organization tend to become complex in its operational processes and therefore
with the implementation of an organizational structure the organizational achieves
professional efficiency, well demarcated hierarchal level, coordination as well as proper
harmony amongst various departments (Alvesson and Sveningsson 2015). At its core level
organizational structure is the layout of the hierarchical level dealing with several units and
positions within the particular organization and therefore it helps in achieving performance
evaluation, flow of information and to some extent employee motivation.
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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Arabian Consulting Engineering Centre Al Khafji is one of the well-organized and
successful engineering firm that has striven to align its organizational that has left a positive
influence on its product development and team management. Arabian Consulting follows the
Functional Structure that adheres to the process of grouping people with similar job related
skills and knowledge under one department and thereafter assigns managers to look over and
supervise these people (Brooks 2009). For instance in the firms, matters concerning finance
and administration are placed under one particular department that handles budgeting,
allocation of resources, looks over expenses and acquisition. One of the many advantages
bestowed by such a system on the engineering consultancy firms is that each and every
department is answerable to the higher authority and the functional managers assigned to
each department are infused with responsibility. Their responsibilities include looking after
overall productivity of the department, taking part in decision making process, acting as a
bridge between the senior management for the purpose of implementing strategies that would
transform the goals into plans to make business thrive. In the functional organizational
structure the members of each department are accountable to the manager (Northouse 2017).
In the case of a functional organizational structure, the team management takes place
in a smooth manner since the roles and responsibilities of every teams are fixed and there is
no confusion regarding the hierarchy level of the organization. The organizational structure
further paves the way for an extremely smooth functioning of departments since
communication within the various team members in a department is achieved in a
harmonious manner (Morris et al. 2006).

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
The organizational structure of the engineering consultancy firm is structured in this
way since with each different project management model requires a different approach in the
organizational structure and decision making parameters. It helps in demonstrating the best
way in conducting major operations since members with similar skills are grouped together in
Arabian Consulting Engineering Centre Al Khafji it is fundamental on the part of the
engineering consultancy firms to create such an architecture within the organization so as to
maintain the flow of superior quality performance. In case the structure is getting misaligned
it can have a lead to a saturated growth and stifle efficiency and creativity. This would mean
for a huge disintegration the entire organization and incurring of huge loss (Brooks 2009).
In this type of an organizational structure the various project teams are fitted in a
systematic manner which enables in a smooth completion of rigorous tasks. This is possible
because in a functional structure of organization, there is sufficient room for allocating
project teams that highly specialize on one particular area and is therefore different in its
goals and approaches. In these cases the organizational structure helps the teams to operate
according to their specific goals, hierarchical structure with the help of innovation and
creativity. As there is no over-lapping between several teams, the members can therefore
work without conflicts (Morris et al 2006). In this type of organizational structure the various
project teams are assigned with a head which in turn provides the team with a formal
environment that would foster management and collaboration. Team based management has
also helped the firm to equip the various projects with talent and resources, devising
improved strategies and ensures that the members are solving complex problems in a flexible
manner.
Since famous engineering consultancy firms like Arabian Consulting Engineering
Centre Al Khafji tend to take a number of projects simultaneously it is imperative that the
departments have sufficient resources to provide in each of the projects. The functional