Izmir National University
Izmir National University
Izmir National University
Situation Summary
Izmir National University (INU) has experienced rapid growth in their organization within recent years. The faculty in the Business school is unable to keep up with the growing demand of students, this has led to confusion, lack of funding and resources and chaos among employees. The newly recruited Dekan has been able to spot these growing problems and has taken the first step in trying to alleviate them by opening the lines of communication and asking for input from employees.
Key Problems
By opening the lines of communication and reviewing the comments from faculty members, it is evident that the organization has no direction or structure at all. There is no business strategy for the employees to implement or follow. For example, one person notes that research is the primary mission and they need more focus on the funding of research, and another one states that the University puts too much effort on research and they are only there to teach. This is a clear example of the lack of structure within the organization. This is a very real problem in the organization hopes to keep up with the growing number of students.
Hypothesized causes
The university lacks a business strategy and set of goal that everyone should be working towards. This issue within the Business School is just the tip of the problem that stems from the lack of strategy within the entire university. The solution to these problems, while focusing on the improvement in the Business school, should also keep the needs of the entire organization in sight since that will require improvement as well. Solutions need to be “evaluated in terms of their effect on the entire system, not simply in terms of how they will affect one component of the system” (Meredith & Shafer, 2010). Another issue that is harmful to the INU is the lack of training and resources for faculty members.
Analysis
In order to create a
Izmir National University
Situation Summary
Izmir National University (INU) has experienced rapid growth in their organization within recent years. The faculty in the Business school is unable to keep up with the growing demand of students, this has led to confusion, lack of funding and resources and chaos among employees. The newly recruited Dekan has been able to spot these growing problems and has taken the first step in trying to alleviate them by opening the lines of communication and asking for input from employees.
Key Problems
By opening the lines of communication and reviewing the comments from faculty members, it is evident that the organization has no direction or structure at all. There is no business strategy for the employees to implement or follow. For example, one person notes that research is the primary mission and they need more focus on the funding of research, and another one states that the University puts too much effort on research and they are only there to teach. This is a clear example of the lack of structure within the organization. This is a very real problem in the organization hopes to keep up with the growing number of students.
Hypothesized causes
The university lacks a business strategy and set of goal that everyone should be working towards. This issue within the Business School is just the tip of the problem that stems from the lack of strategy within the entire university. The solution to these problems, while focusing on the improvement in the Business school, should also keep the needs of the entire organization in sight since that will require improvement as well. Solutions need to be “evaluated in terms of their effect on the entire system, not simply in terms of how they will affect one component of the system” (Meredith & Shafer, 2010). Another issue that is harmful to the INU is the lack of training and resources for faculty members.
Analysis
In order to create a
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