Structure and Culture

Structure and Culture

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Structure and culture of an organisation.....................................................................................1
Identify how these factors contribute towards the performance of organisation........................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Organisational structure and culture is important for the successful running and
functioning of business and for that, it is important for business owner to understand the
difference among effective organisational structure and culture of an organisation. In regard of
this, effective structure depends on the entity and its workforce as there is no other best way to
apply for the guaranteed business success. Moreover, if an organisation wants to be effective
then they must have strong and effective culture and structure. Organisational culture is
considered as the expectations that are unwritten rules that tends to dictate the attire and work
ethics whereas organisational structure undertake the legal structure of business which include
various methods that register the business, develop effective policies and methods and hierarchy
structure (Brown and et. al., 2019). To carry forward this report, Toyota Motor corporation is
considered which is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer, headquarter in Aichi,
Japan and its corporate structure include around 364,445 employees. Moreover, the report is
going to describe the structure and culture of company and also tends to identify the factors that
contribute towards the organisational performance with the help of effective models and theories.
MAIN BODY
Structure and culture of an organisation
Organisational structure tends to determine the effective roles and responsibilities that
should be monitored regarding the flow of communication undertaking the various level and
areas. Within an organisation structure should be centralised as the decision making power is in
the hands of top level management and other departments tends to monitor and control them. It is
quite effective because it tends to eliminate the conflicts and confusion that arises among
employees (Haferkamp, 2017). Meanwhile, in decentralised structure decision making power is
delegated at the lower level in terms of increasing the execution speed and job satisfaction
among employees. Effective organisational has its own benefits to the company as it tends to
represent the hierarchy of company that allows the company to lay out the prominent pay
structure for its employees. In terms of Toyota Motor corporation the effective culture makes
operations more efficient and quite effective as by separating the employees and functions in
various units, respective company tends to perform its operations more effectively. Toyota
always support its organisational goals and strategic direction for effective culture that leads to
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