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People and Systems
• Organisational Cultureand Values
• Change management
Organisation structure
• Organisation structure
• Strategy v Structure
• Mintzbergs Organisational fit
Resource planning
• Budgeting
• Resource allocation
• Project management
• Balanced Scorecard
• Performance monitoring
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Strategic Implementation
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Learning outcomes
After completing this topic you should be able to;
• Describe the influence of different structures on strategic management
• Outline the relative strength and weaknesses of centralisation versus
decentralisation
• Be able to see the deficiencies in organisations structure and the impact
on effective strategy implementation
• Be able to suggest improvements to organisation structures
• Have an awareness Mintzbergs configuration model of organisational
design, the types of structures and co-ordinating mechanisms
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Balanced scorecard
Strategy implementation
Final thoughts
StrategicMarketing
Change management
Project management
MotivationOrganisation structure and
design
Culture and values
LeadershipHuman
Resources
Strategic IT
Resource allocation
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Structural determinants Structural deficiencies
• Organisation size
• Tasks to be completed
– Complexity
– Diversity
– Interdependence
• Environment in which the firm operates
– Degree of stability
– Industry, competition, demand
• Ideology
– Management style
– Ability to adapt/manage change
– Communication style
• Problems of motivation an morale
• Decision making delays/faults
• Conflict and lack of co-ordination
• No/ Slow response to change
• High administrative costs
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Organisational Structure Topics
(1) Organisation structure
The way in which an organisations activities are divided, organised and co-ordinated
(2) Organisation Chart
A diagram of organisation structure, showing the functions, departments, or positions
of the organisation and how they are related
(3) Tall versus Flat organisation structures
(4) Formal versus informal organisational structure
(5) Centralisation versus decentralisation
(6) Approaches to effective co-ordination
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Fundamental issues in organisational design (Burns and Stalker)
Organisational Design Issues
Division of labour
Distribution of authority
Departmentalisation
Span of control
Mechanistic Organic
Design Design
High Work Specialisation Low
Low Centralisation High
delegation delegation
High Work type Low
Uniformity Uniformity
Few No. of subordinates Many
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Issues in organisation structure and design
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• Tall v Flat
• Centralised V Decentralised
• Formal v Informal
Or a lighter perspective
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The formal
organisation
chart
The real
organisation
chart
Organisation structure types
Types
(a) Entrepreneurial / owner managerial
(b) Functional structure
(c) Divisional structure
(d) Matrix organisation
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Entrepreneurial
Advantages
• Enables founder to control all aspects
of the business
• Easy to manage growth and
development.
Disadvantages
• Founder may not have adequate
• Knowledge in specific areas.
• Only appropriate to certain size
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Employer
EmployeeEmployeeEmployee
Functional
Advantages
• Chief executive in touch with all operations
• Reduces/simplifies control mechanisms
• Clear definition of responsibilities
• Specialists at senior and middle management levels
Disadvantages
• Senior managers overburdened with routine matters
• Senior managers neglect strategic issues
• Difficult to cope with diversity
• Coordination between functions is difficult
• Failure to adapt
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Chief executive
Personnel ProductionFinanceMarketing
Multi Divisional
Advantages
• Flexible (add or divest divisions)
• Control by performance
• Ownership of strategy
• Specialisation of competences
• Training in strategic view
Disadvantages
• Duplication of central and
divisional functions
• Fragmentation and non-
cooperation
• Danger of loss of central control
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The matrix structureThe matrix structure combines different structural dimensions simultaneously, for example
product divisions and geographical territories or product divisions and functional specialisms.
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Advantages
• Integrated knowledge
• Flexible
• Allows for dual dimensions
Matrix organisation - disadvantages
Disadvantages
• Length of time to take decisions
• Unclear job and task
responsibilities
• Unclear cost and profit
responsibilities
• High degrees of conflict
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Mintzbergs configurations
An alternative view of organisation structure!
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Mintzbergs five design configurations
• The Strategic Apex
Top level managers with overall responsibility for the organisation
• Middle line managers
Managers who connect the Strategic apex to the operating core
• Technostructure
Analysts who have responsibility for affecting certain forms
of standardisation in the organisation
• Support staff
People who provide indirect services for the organisation
• The Operating Core
Employees who perform the basic work related to the production
of goods and services
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Mintzbergs configurations
Six possible configurations
• Simple structure
Strategic apex and operating core
• Machine bureaucracy
Technostructure
• Professional bureaucracy
Dominance of Operating Core
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Mintzbergs configurations continued…
• Adhocracy
Complex and disorderly structure i.e.
project teams
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• Divisionalised organisation
5 major trends in organisation structure
• Flatter organisation structures
• Wider span of control
• Decentralised decision making – Empowerment
• Use of teamwork, self managed teams
• More flexible organisations – Handy's shamrock organisation
• Technological innovation
• Changes in job design – job variety and multi-tasking
• Improved communication
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Implications for management – 5 key changes.
• Downsizing due to need for less managers
• More democratic/participative style
• Manager more motivator, facilitator, mentor
• Constant upskilling required
• Project management skills key to strategic achievements
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