Organizational Structure Paper

According to the Tyco website, Tyco originated as a Tyco Laboratories a United States government research laboratory company. Today Tyco has three independent companies: Tyco Healthcare, Tyco Electronics, and Tyco International consisting of five different business segments. Flow Control, Electrical and Metal products, Fire Protection Services, Safety Products, and ADT Worldwide are the five business segments under Tyco International’s umbrella. Tyco is a vertical structure with levels of hierarchy. The board members and top management are responsible for governing its’ mission and goals while ensuring the organization’s five principles are enforced.

Tyco expects each employee to strive for excellence and work as a team. Tyco’s leadership team directs employees to be innovative, openly communicate, and continue to improve their skills. The company focuses on equality and fair treatment for employees. Management and staff are accountable for their actions and work performance. Tyco promotes safety in the workplace. Tyco protects each location by the companies anti-violence, drug and alcohol free workplace policy. Tyco promotes individual and corporate integrity, each person including leaders are to uphold the organization’s standards of integrity with each other, customers, and other stakeholders (Tyco, Peoples & Values, 2010).

Vertical structure is the most common business structure; however, many organizations are restructuring their organizations. The restructuring makes communication and innovation easier. At Global Crossing customers are most important and feedback is extremely important. The business structure allows customer service to communicate customers concerns and demands more effectively. Knowing the company cannot survive without customers, Global Crossing has a borderless communication line and allows easy communication without the chain of command effect. Communication can skip levels of management without reprimand. Tyco encourages...