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Organisational Design A Structured approach to Departmental Design Ian Campbell Infinity Automation WWW.infinity-automation.com
Organisational Design
A Structured approach to Departmental Design
Ian CampbellInfinity Automation
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Organisational Development
Definition:Quote:“The harnessing and Harmonisation of Human
Resource to Maximise Organisational Success”
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Why do we continue to do it:“Organisations are dynamic entities and therefore
need to continually adapt and to exploit the opportunities of change or face possible extinction, in the business sense”
Organisational Development
O.D. Methods provides us with a Means to Change
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The Approach
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Organisation Design Approach• Main Purpose of commercial organisations is to be profitable
• Adam Smith (Wealth of Nations “Exchangeable value”)• In the manufacturing sector the construct of business is generally
determined by• Physical Assets (Reliability)• Process (inc materials) (Robustness)• People (Motivation. Herzberg)
• Customer expectations need to be met• Cost• Quality• Demand• Response
(Specify Value)
Q. Determine how far you are from your customer or simply “identify your customer”
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Org Design approach
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Org Design approach
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Org Design approach
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Org Design approach
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Organisational Design ConstructionO.D. is characterised by
– Structure, People & Leadership– Structure plays an important but supporting role
Structure
Team
Leader
Team
StructureTaskTeam sizeTIEDDesign characteristics(Functional, supply chain)
Team
LeadershipNon Transferable tasksSpan of ControlLeadership trainingLocationInteraction
Transformational goalSpecialismWork distribution/loading
Q. Which are the more important
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Organisational (Structure)
• Structure is everyone’s favourite– Structure exists to support people. People don’t exist to support structure.
Structure is generally built from the bottom up
• Structure is built around Tasks• Identify the tasks
• Identify skills• Identify numbers
It’s important to isolate the task and define it’s limits.
Tasks should have elements of
PD
Identify the elements of PDE within a job role.
• Motivation is driven from the need of a sense of worth.• Worth is driven from a sense of achievement
PlanDo
Evaluate
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Team Working
• Working across departments– Interactions– Communications– Consider formal and informal Ways
of Work (WoW)– Identify customer relationship
Structure
Team
Leader
Team
Working at different levels
Structure
Team
Leader
Team
• Working within Departments– Interactions– Communications– Consider formal and informal WoW– Flow of Information
• Working within Teams– Interactions– Communications– Relationships
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Team Leadership
• Leadership is Hierarchical by nature– Effective leadership is essential for a
high performance team– When is a leader not a leader
• Evaluate % leadership tasks V non leadership tasks.
Working at different levels
Leader
Leader Leader
Leader Leader Leader
• Leadership Tasks• Developing• Managing• Advising• Supporting• Administration
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Redesign is about People and Structure
Summary
O.D. principles are used to design & develop..• The task • The creation of workgroups• Leadership• Team-working
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Identify
Summary
• Purpose (Why)• Task or Contribution (What)• Approach “Process” (How)• Resource (Who)
“The harnessing and Harmonisation of Human Resource to Maximise Organisational Success”
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