Organizational Structure and Culture at Parivar

CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT
Contemporary Management
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Discussion
Based on the analysis of the case study the organic structure at Parivar might look like more
bureaucratic in nature as it has very strong organization culture and the companies which has a
very strong organization culture tends to adopt a bureaucratic organizational structure which has
a pyramidal command structure. According to van Der Voet (2014) in bureaucratic
organizational structure, the firm remains very well structured with a high level of formal
approach in the manner it functions and transparent hierarchy of power is authorised to some
highly designated executives. The organization structure of Parivar might look like bureaucratic
in nature as it was suggested in the cases study that the senior managers of the company
supervises the junior employees of the company regarding their daily work and operations and
act as mentors to the junior employees and therefore the flow of information is in a vertical top
down manner which is one of the basic characteristics of bureaucratic organization structure.
Based on the analysis of the case study it can be said that the organization would have a taller
hierarchical structure in which every employee of the organization except few such as the CEO
or the board of directors are subordinate to someone else in the organization. As opined by
Shapiro (2017) a tall hierarchical organization structure practices outline of pyramid. The layout
of tall hierarchical structure comprises of various entities that drops down the base of staff level
workforce, who lie at end of pyramid structure.
Therefore based on analysis of case it can be interpreted that the company has a very strong
organization culture with bureaucratic organization structure which remains very organized in
nature with a high degree of formality in the way it operates and the hierarchy of power is
observed among the higher managers and supervisors of the company. As stated by Nie, Müller
& Conci (2017) the organization structure which is followed in the company is tall hierarchical
structure which results in greater power distance among the managers and the junior level
employees of the company. The organization structure which is followed in the company
represents a pyramid structure in which every employee of the company except few such as the
CEO or the Board of directors are not supervised by someone else in the organization and this
type of organizational structure, though are formal in nature fails to promote a culture of
innovation and creativity of the company as the employees are always supervised by the seniors
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