Leadership in Action

Leadership in Action

Stephen Russell

University of Phoenix

Organizational Leadership

LDR 531

Mia-Anh Tran-Vuong

July 19, 2006

Abstract

The formal organizational structure of S and F Company consists of a formal hierarchy. Comparably, the Navy operates as a formal hierarchy. It has a very extensive chain of command that starts at the President and ends at the lowest ranking individual. It also has a simpler chain of command that is broken down into geographical regions, echelons, units, and commands that allows it to operate daily at a lower level and without the need to report everything directly to the President. The structure of S and F does not empower the employees so there must be a plan to increase employee motivation and performance. This will require leadership styles to work with the managers of each team. I as COO will lay out a plan that will change the strategy and make S and F work as one team even thought there are 3 distinct teams within the organization. The CEO has set specific goals for the company and has put me in charge of rallying the team to reach these goals. The issue being, there is an understanding in the company on how things should work or have been working and new changes may be difficult. The new changes are needed so the company can increase productivity and in-turn profit.

Organizational Structure

The formal organizational structure of S and F Company consists of a formal hierarchy. It has a web development team, logistics team, project manager, logistics manager, marketing manager, COO, and a CEO. The web development team reports to the project manager. The logistics team reports to the logistics manager. The project manager also works closely with the logistics manager. The logistics manager and his team report to the marketing manager. The marketing manager reports to the COO and COO ultimately reports to the CEO. S and F use different structures and is both a departmental and chain of command type...