Organizational Structures

Organizational Structures

Certain organizations lend themselves naturally to one type of organizational structure or another. What type of structure do you think fits best with your business or a business with which you are familiar? Why is this the case? Support your answer. 

Organizational structure

The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization

* Divides work to be done into specific jobs and departments.

* Assigns tasks and responsibilities associated with individual jobs.

* Coordinates diverse organizational tasks.

* Clusters jobs into units.

* Establishes relationships among individuals, groups, and departments.

* Establishes formal lines of authority.

* Allocates and deploys organizational resources.

When managers create or change the structure,

they’re engaged in organizational design, a process that involves decisions about six key

elements: work specialization, departmentalization, chain of command, span of control,

centralization and decentralization, and formalization.

Managers are engaged in organizational design, a process that involves decisions about six key elements:

work specialization,

departmentalization,

chain of command,

span of control,

centralization

and decentralization, and formalization (Robbins, Coulter, 2012).

In Cisco Supply Chain Operations, I see it is more departmentalization, the similar related process are grouped together. Demand Planning group focus on the Product Forecasting and send the signal to the Contract Manufacturers, Supply Planning work with the Contract manufacturers and manage the Supply issues, Manufacturing Operations work on the daily build numbers and manage the product shipping to customers in the supply chain functions.

We have specific cross-functional teams who work across the functions for some specific projects. These teams enable capabilities which spans across teams.

* Demand Planning group focus on the Product...