Organizational Structure vs Roles
All Organizations include a mixture of research, process work and project work. The organizational structure you select can vary based on the kind of the work you do the most. As I indicated in my recent blogs, Edison used a team-based structure while Ford used a hierarchical structure.
Structure is important, however, in my experience, both as an employee and consultant, I’ve come to realize that:
Well-defined roles and responsibilities are more important than structure.
With well-defined roles and responsibilities, everyone will know what’s expected from them, what their job is, and — if you make sure their trained — they’ll know how to do it; even if the structure is not quite right.
However, if people don’t know their roles and responsibility, if they don’t know what’s expected of them, a good structure is insufficient to achieve organizational effectiveness.
Go ahead an pick a structure, then, make sure everyone knows their job!
Cheers,
Michael B. Bender
The Value Strategist
Ally’s web site: www.AllyBusiness.com
Twitter id: ValueStrategist
Tags: business, Organizational Structure, Ownership
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