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Taiz master program Engineering & ManagementCourse Systems Engineering Organizing for System Engineering

Lecturer : John L Simons www.jlsimons.org j.l.simons@rug.nl

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Why bother about the organizational structure ?

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Looking back, we assume …

There is a system specification (under development)

There is a SEMP (tuned to the situation) Needed is an organizational structure that

facilitates individuals in their job, supports the project goals, is stable to noise and dynamic to changes

Note : Specs and SEMP (technology) dictate organization

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Again : The SE dogma

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Today’s overview

Developing the organizational structure, scope limitations

Principles of three main structures Functional Project Matrix Pro’’s and con’’s HRM requirements

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Developing the organizational structure, scope limitations

Project goals conflict with regular business goals

Structure (also) needed to control that conflict

Structure may go beyond organization boundary

Next to structure there are processes, culture …

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As usual SE keeps things simple

Scope is the internal structure

to reach project goals

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Structuring principles

An individual has a discipline An individual has product/project

tasks There may be a many to many

relation between individuals and products

> Principle dominance determines structure

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Warnings

Some individuals have more than one discipline

Over time picture of relations may change

Structure is no goal in itself, processes are !?

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Functional organization

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Pro and Con

Enables long term knowledge development

Excellent for stable environments No stakeholder focus No single responsibility for project

goals

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Project organization

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Pro and Con

Clear responsibility lines Personel loyalty (customer focus) Obstacle for new technologies Potential career development

obstacle

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Matrix organization

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Pro and Con

Functional departments support projects

Sharing of key personel Project Line pwer battle Complex reporting lines

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HRM requirements

Remember … Needed is an organizational structure that facilitates individuals in their job, supports the project goals, is stable to noise and dynamic to changes

Individual needs (culture) become important for staffing

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A H Maslow A theory of Human Motivation

The behavior of humans can be understood by distinguishing levels in needs ranging from basic biological needs (hunger) to advanced spiritual needs (self development)

This should steer staffing of personel

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Maslow pyramid

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Satisfiers and Dissatisfiers

Job completion, freedom, growth, responisibility …

Company policy, supervision, salary, secondary conditions …

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Summary

Organization matters Choice of structure depends on

balancing short term project goals and long term HRM goals

HRM goals follow from motivation theory of Maslow