Wilson Brothers Case: Organizational Design, Job Design, and Organizational Change

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Introduction
This essay aims to discuss the Wilsons Brothers case and provide the brief discussion
of the aspects of the organisation. The advantages and the disadvantages of the organisational
structure is provided in this essay. A discussion of the job design is provided in the essay.
The discussion of the decision making in the organisation is provided in the essay. The
organisational changes is analysed in this essay. The discussion of the work groups and the
teams is provided in the essay along with the discussion of any kind of conflict is provided in
this essay. The analysis of the influence, power and the motivation is provided in this essay.
Lastly, this report concludes with an appropriate conclusion for this essay.
Discussion
Organisational design and structure
The organisational structure helps in the development of the organisation in correct
direction. The organisational structure of the Wilsons brother limited is
Bob Wilson: Co-Owner-CEO
John Wilson: Co-Owner-President
Murray Brown: Executive MP Marketing
Ron Abrams: VP Operations
Dave English: VP Engineering
John French: VP Finance
Gayle Robillard: VP Sales Retail
Diane Ouellette: VP Sales Food Service

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Some of the advantages for the organisational structure are:
 Promotion of the upward mobility: As the company, Wilson Brothers Limited
operates in the strong structure, the comprehensive management of the training
plan is easily achieved by the organization.
 Simplification of the strategic planning:
 Improvement of the training of the employees
 Refinement of the process of decision making
 Unification of the marketing message: The company could present the unified
front to the customers, investors and the vendors when any common message of
marketing has been utilised all through the organisation. The unified marketing
message could help the organisation with the better understanding of the goals of
the marketing and then do the extensive work all together for achieving the
targets. When several departments are included in the single endeavour, the
unified message of marketing could be helpful for the success of the project.
 The upward mobility could be promoted significantly with the organisational
structure. The strong structure of the organisation is increasingly able to prepare
the qualified employees for the management. When this company is operating
under the strong structure, the comprehensive training plan of management is
significantly easier in creating and then executing for helping the maintenance of
the strong managerial core. The department could work extensively together on
the plan of development for helping the encouraging the training of the managerial
candidates within departments.
 The organisational structure also permits the employees to gain the clear
understanding of the divisions among the lower, senior and the middle
management. With the operational structure in the minds of the management, the