Clearabee: Analyzing Management Roles and Organizational Structure

This report provides an in-depth analysis of Clearabee, a waste management company, focusing on the roles and functions of managers and leaders within the organization. It explores the application of the contingency management approach, emphasizing its relevance to Clearabee's operations and its decentralized organizational structure. The report examines the company's strategies for waste management, including recycling, landfill, and other disposal methods. It also addresses various management issues, such as cash flow challenges and operational complexities. The report concludes with recommendations for Clearabee to improve its strategic decisions, promote waste reduction, and enhance its overall performance, with a focus on employee training and public education.

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Role and functions of managers with relevant theory.....................................................................3
Role of managers and leaders in removing issues...........................................................................4
Understanding of different organizational structure, strategy and other management issues.........6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
Recommendations............................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
Clearabee is the waste management company of Birmingham. The co-founder of the company is
Daniel Long who has target of removing rubbish in order to clean the nation. The company has
advance technology which helps them to provide a complete audit trail. The disposal of waste
must be completed in a scientific manner. There are various methods of waste disposal by which
the company can clean the city in an efficient manner which included recycling, landfill, sewage
treatment, incineration and preparation of compost. The main motive of this assignment is to
highlight the role of the manager and leaders in the growth of the business for which Clearabee
will be considered. Staff issues and delegation issues will be reflected by taking consideration of
Clearabee Company. The role of CEO in the growth of the company will be elaborated for the
purpose of improving day to day operations. At last, the recommendations will be given in order
to reduce the impact of the issues over the performance.
Figure: Services of Clearabee
Source: (Clearabee, 2018).

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Role and functions of managers with relevant theory
Management is referred as the act in which the main motive of people is to gather for the purpose
of completing the goals and objectives by taking consideration of resources effectively and
efficiently. The major function of management is staffing, leading, directing, organizing and
controlling in which the application of management theory has significant impact over the actual
behaviour. Contingency management approach is a challenge of the universally method of
management (Coccia, 2014). The major reason behind choosing contingency theory for the
company is to elaborate the functions of the manager in the organization to attain the desired
objectives. There is no effective way to manage which can be applicable to all managerial
situations. This approach is dependent on the situations of Clearabee which would be helpful in
giving better outcomes to the company. The major approach of contingency implies a best
balance between management techniques and environmental variables.
Management techniques and principles are considered “then” of management at the time of
environmental variables which considered as “ifs” of management. The major benefit of the
contingency approach for Clearabee Company is that it is a multivariate approach, system
perspective and closeness reality (BTB, 2017). The organizational structure of Clearabee is
decentralized which is quite effective for the growth of the company. The setup of decentralized
organization is being chosen for the purpose of adapting the latest technology within the
business. The company provide instant services to their customer in order to make them satisfied
for which, the customer of the company can call, email or send a photo of waste for the purpose
of showing them that how much waste they have in their surroundings. Along with that the
management and leaders of the company are active in resolving the issue of the customer for

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which the pricing page and the query pages are available for them if people do not have idea
about waste management.
Role of managers and leaders in removing issues
Figure: Contingency Approach
Source: https://www.acowtancy.com/textbook/acca-ab/d1-leadership-management-and-
supervision/approaches-to-leadership/notes
Contingency approach is made on three needs such as individual needs, task needs and group
needs in which the objective of each needs has significant value. Clearabee offers a tool to the
managers in which they are free to make effective groups by changing various variables. With
respect to contingency approach, it has been found that one kind of leadership style is not
referred by this model, but also each leader has right to prosper in the setting of the group. It is
the model that shows various factors in making improvement within the organization in order to

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increase efficiency (Chen and Lin, 2008). The company can face challenge of lack of staff as the
work of Clearabee is entirely different from other company for which the company need the staff
that should be perfect in co-operation and ready to do clean specific areas. With the help of
contingency approach, the mangers and leaders of the organization can focus on individual needs
in which they can coach, motivate and direct them to perform in well efficient manner. They can
make group for better communication and conveying message in order to bring change within
company (Johnson,Whittington, Scholes, Angwin and Regnér, 2014). Contingency approach
facilitates top authority of Clearabee to allocate task as per the capability of the employees for
which they divide various section to handle each task step by step so that issue cannot take place
within the organization. Along with that it is helpful in setting the performance standards of the
company for the purpose of bringing change within the company. There are certain benefits of
contingency approach in Clearabee as it helps in controlling employees and motivate them to
perform in well efficient manner.
It has been found that Clearabee has started with personal debt in which they hired a truck for the
purpose of collecting rubbish. Gradually, the development in the business has made in which the
company hired many trucks on flexi-lease (Clearabee, 2018). The company is using latest
technology such as mobile and cloud based technology that allowed company to roll out a
worldwide service and stay in control of service delivery. The company incorporated vehicle
telematics that allow company to dispatch trucks on the go which make sure new jobs are owed
to an effective suitable team with less human interaction. Contingency approach helps employees
of the company to fulfil the goals and meet client demands. It has been found that the growth of
the business is relied on the ability to control the behaviour of employees. Contingency approach
is allows employee to make decisions in the context of bringing change within the business. It is

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vital for the company to get success that employee should have designated position within the
business on which the company should allocate the tasks (Gelens, Hofmans, Dries and
Pepermans, 2014). The contingency approach permits management to make change within the
roles of employee for the purpose of meeting the requirements of individual as well as group.
The highly made attribute of assignment are liable to increase the opportunities for the company
in order to hire right people for the purpose of completing the goals. The contingency model
evaluates the effectiveness of the performance of groups by taking consideration of the
leadership style.
Understanding of different organizational structure, strategy and other management issues
There are number of issues that are facing by the company in order to grow in the industry as
there are number of employees within the business who could not grow with the company.
Organizational structure refers as the system which includes the implicit and explicit institutional
rules that explains the roles and responsibilities of the employees which should be controlled and
delegated. It has been discussed that the organizational structure of the company is made
effectively for the purpose of ongoing growth. The major work of the company is on the waste
hierarchy pyramid that covers various services such as recycling, reuse, energy recovery,
prevention and minimization. The customers of the company are more satisfied due to
decentralized organizational structure which is helpful in decreasing the cost an environmental
waste (Drafke and Murtaugh, 2009). There are various organizational structure such as
functional, divisional, matrix and flatarchy in which the motive of performance is different of
each organizational structure. It has been found in the context of Clearance Company that the
company is able to offer same day clearance across the country which can remove waste types.
The use of divisional structure is taken into consideration by the company for the purpose of

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giving advantages to the customer of choosing whatever they want. Flatarchy is the new
organizational structure for start ups. Matrix is another kind of organizational structure which is
confusing and least used due to lot of complexities in it. Clearabee works on function al
organizational structure by which the company distribute the work as per the qualities of the
employee for which the company has decided the department such as administration, technical
department, operation and cleaning staff.
There are various strategies for waste management in order to clean the location in an effective
manner which is mentioned below:
 Develop sharing of information and resources between the external bodies and member
council.
 Make balance between members of council in their starting of the principles for the
purpose of analysing the best values of the waste management.
 Promotion of the services in order to make people aware about cleaning so that they can
inform in case of seeing waste in their surroundings (Greater Shepparton, 2018).
The company can adopt latest technology in order to elaborate the importance of the waste
management. The major strategy of the company should be targeted on the waste management
education for which the company should target on schools, groups, community and residents.
The company can cover specific areas of waste like waste minimisation, consumerism and
sustainability (Giusti, 2009).
In the context of management issues of Clearabee, it has been analyzed that the operation of the
Clearabee is not attentive by which the company has to face the major issue of heavy cash flow
crunch. This issue gives a great lesson to the company in order to be cautious in managing cash

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flow. The role of the vehicle licensing keeps huge importance within the business, but it entails
huge complexities to manage which consume a lot of time to make sure drivers are trained to
handle large trucks. The operational side should be considered by the company until the
company get established in an efficient manner (Chen and Lin, 2008). The company has certain
issues which can be considered as the weaknesses of the company such as limited service line,
use of truck only in removing rubbish and deficiency in marketing strategy. In the context of
increasing the bargaining power of the customer, it is required by the company to keep focus on
the negotiation process of the company so that the customer can attract towards services
(Hossain, Santhanam, Norulaini and Omar, 2011). The suppliers of the company are stronger
which shows the need of the company to spend a lot of time in overall system.
Conclusion
It can be concluded from above discussion that the role of the management and leadership in
handling the issue of thee company keep significant value. It has been found that Clearabee is the
company that has initiated a depot in mussel burg and made a plan for potential development.
Entire information of Clearabee regarding organizational structure, management issues and
strategy has been elaborated. It has been implied by the report that Clearabee Company can
adopt the contingency approach for which the benefits of it have been elaborated in a significant
manner. It has been found that the customers of the company are more satisfied due to
decentralized organizational structure which is helpful in decreasing the cost an environmental
waste.

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Recommendations
It has been recommended to Clearabee Company to keep focus on the strategic decisions which
would be helpful in the growth of the company. The company should make the comprehensive
Zero Waste Action Plan and educate the public regarding recyclable material processing.
However, the company uses various approach to attain the objectives of the company but it
should take consideration of developing resources for the purpose of promoting the free-cycle
and re-use networks. Collection of the waste should be determined by the company at the
doorstep level and economically backward people should be employed for the same. The
collection workers of the company should be fully trained and equipped so that they can provide
high quality services to the people.

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