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- Force & Form Within Organizations
- Organizational Force
- Force of Direction
- Integration emerges from unity of direction
- Force of Efficiency
- Balancing the ratio between costs and benefits
- Low ratio of costs to benefits = higher force of efficiency
- Force of Proficiency
- Levels of competencies and knowledge
- Force of Concentration
- Opportunity to focus on tasks and markets
- Force of Innovation
- Search for new products and services
- Co-operation & Competition
- Cooperation - merging norms and beliefs
- Competition - the removal of politics detrimental to the organization
- Mintzberg’s Organizational Forms
- Entrepreneurial Form
- Authority located with a single individual
- Highly centralized
- Low formalization
- Low standardization
- Machine Form
- High Complexity
- High Formalization
- Low Centralization
- Rules & Regulation Based
- Functional Departments
- Professional Form
- Expert Based
- High Formalization
- Low Centralization
- Adhocracy Form
- Low Standardization
- Low Formalization
- High employment of project teams
- Low Hierarchy
- Diversified Form
- Product Dominated
- Organized around products and divisions
Until next time...
Sheryl Tuchman, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
http://tools2succeed.com/
Change is a permanent feature of all organizations regardless of sector or size. However, the ability to take charge of change can be a key distinguishing feature of a successful organization. Change impacts all of us in different ways. How quickly we bounce back from change reflects our level of resilience. We can help our organization to become more resilient by leading change.
Three Characteristics of Resilient Organizations:
1. A Clear Purpose And Values
An organization must have a strategy to be successful. A clear purpose is what encourages individuals to get involved and actively participate in the activities and direction of the organization. Employees will then understand why they are there, what needs to be done, and most importantly - where they are going. A sense of purpose supported with clear values and principles must be known to everyone within the organization.
2. Prepare Employees For Change
Regular training of employees on how to understand and manage change is essential. Don't wait until the change is impacting your organization before preparing employees for change, or it may be too late.
3. Build Flexibility And Innovation
In times of change, innovation will allow an organization to break down boundaries, while flexibility will enable employees to prepare the organization for the future. These characteristics can also help us with personal resilience. Having a clear purpose, being prepared for change, and ensuring that you have the innovation to break down barriers will help you on your journey.
Until next time...
Sheryl Tuchman, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
http://tools2succeed.com/
Let's continue to discuss these imperatives in more detail.
Imperative number 3 is to increase creativity, quality, teamwork, and innovation to respond to the needs of a diverse workplace.
- A diverse workforce is better able to respond to the needs of a diverse marketplace.
- A diverse workforce adds a strategic advantage in coming up with innovative ideas and approaches by using different perspectives.
A diverse workforce that is rewarded for its efforts is more productive. An example of an organization that wants to increase creativity, quality, teamwork, and innovation is one that implements training to help employees develop related skills.
Imperative number 4 is to reduce costs associated with discrimination, harassment, and ignoring diversity issues. Successfully managing diversity will not only reduce grievances and neutralize a hostile environment, but it may also lower the need for legal redress by employees, resulting in significant cost savings.
- Absenteeism, turnover, poor performance, EEO and sexual harassment charges, and labor or staff unrest cost employers billions of dollars each year.
- Increased job satisfaction results in higher productivity.
- To reduce costs associated with discrimination, harassment, and ignoring diversity issues, organizations must establish and enforce policies that clearly define zero-tolerance for discriminatory or harassing behavior.
- Managers must also model the behavior they expect from employees and ensure that employees are trained on all aspects of company policies.
Cutting to the "bottom line" of these imperatives is to have a positive economic impact on your company's bottom line! Managing diversity successfully can result in a long-term positive economic impact. The opposite is also true. Organizations that place a low priority on diversity management cause them to lose talented workers of diverse backgrounds. All managers need to understand the bottom-line value of making their organization attractive to and supportive of diversity.
Focusing on managing diversity will help organizations attain the 4 business imperatives, gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace, and ensure a long-term positive impact on the bottom line.
Until next time...
Sheryl Tuchman, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
http://tools2succeed.com/
Now that we have defined diversity and talked about the importance of valuing differences, let's talk about the changes in the workplace that should concern managers and organizations.
Changes in the workplace that have an impact on organizations include the following:
- Many age groups
- More women in a variety of jobs
- Many racial and ethnic groups
- Many values and lifestyles
- Many educational levels
- Many workers with disabilities
Smart organizational leaders focus their energies on business strategies that offer the greatest opportunity for long-term leverage. Focusing on managing diversity issues places an organization in a favorable position to attain the following 4 imperatives:
- Attract and retain the best employees
- Enhance customer service and gain a marketing advantage
- Increase creativity, quality, teamwork and innovation
- Reduce costs associated with discrimination, harassment, and ignoring diversity issues
Until next time...
Sheryl Tuchman, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
http://tools2succeed.com/
