The Leader as the Social architect, writing homework help

WEEK THREE: The Leader as the Social architect

Organizational Structure

Preface:

A
leader’s job is to create the direction so the company can move
forward. The leader does this in steps. Here are the steps of the
process:

First, the leader designs the vision and mission for the company and

Second,
the leader must establish an organizational structure which promotes
the vision, mission and empowers the employees to keep the forward
movement in the
organization. 

In creating the structure various factors must be considered.

• First
  and foremost is the purpose of the company or organization. What type
  of structure will best accomplish that goal?  Certainly a company like
  UPS needs a somewhat rigid structure that is set up to focus on
  procedure and time sensitivity.  Since UPS has as its goal to get the
  correct parcels to the right customers in the fastest possible way,
  variance in procedures or ways of accomplishing the tasks would not work
  well.  A tight delineated structure is imperative.
• Along
  with the purpose the leader must look at the vision of the
  organization. Where does the leader want the organization to go? How
  best can the structure provide for the future?  Will the vision call for
  expansion into other countries or simply call for product development
  changes?  Does a leader plan a structure that can easily grow in size
  without harming its integrity or one that focuses on the best way to
  make new products?  Also, vision must be built into the organizational
  structure.
• The
  people who make up the organization, their jobs and the decision making
  authority should be considered. The authority must flow and make the
  organization respond favorably to the decisions and changes that are
  needed to move the organization forward toward the vision while making
  sure stability continues to keep tasks on track.  This is tricky because
  the leader’s job here is not to tell the manager what procedures to use
  or make but rather to set up a structure and authority to make it
  possible for them to develop those procedures, etc.
• The
  structure should be people centric focuses on how people will best work
  together to get their jobs done while still focusing on the vision and
  the necessary change that is inevitable to keep the business alive in
  the 21^st Change is the operative word.
• Budget is a major consideration in the present and in the future.
• Finally,
  environment factors like sustainability and knowledge management will
  need to be considered in developing the structure.

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