Contemporary Organizational And Hrm Studies

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Contemporary Organizational & HRM Studies Executive summary An organizational structure is a framework of the hierarchy and the operational structure of an organization. Moreover, it is a fundamental requirement for any organization to operate effectively. Different organizational structures exist depending on the geographical location of the organization, hierarchical requirements and the products. An effective organizational structure facilitates management and clarifies the roles and responsibilities, supervisory or reporting lines, relationships, and levels of authority. The review of an organization’s structure enables the management to determine the available resources, their allocation, as well as the missing or limited resources. The changes in the strategies of an organization need to be followed by realignment of the organization’s structures, functions and roles, together with the new objectives. Poor organizational structures can lead to an overwhelming amount of confusion of roles, contradictions, communication breakdown, lack of coordination among the products and functions, slow or poor decision making, conflicts, and frustrations. The human resource manager, therefore, has the duty to harness new technologies and better ways of delivering the products of the agency to clients, or else the agency faces the risk of losing its clients to other agencies that have adopted a new structure. This can only be realized if a new organizational structure is explored and adopted. Key words: organization structure, effectiveness of organization structure, communication. Table of Contents Executive summary 1 Introduction 3 Discussion 4 1. Key problems 4 2. Current organizational structure and key arguments 5 2.1 Functional, organizational structure 5 2.2 Divisional, organizational structure 6 2.3 Horizontal organizational structure

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