Describe and discuss how an organisation’s structure influences its behaviour, with particular emphasis on decision making and workforce management and control.
The structure of an organization is so visible and can be so powerful. It influences how well the organisation is able to meet its strategic goals; it can also influence how quickly an organisation can respond to changes. Usually, structure is the product of decision-makers, management decision-makers determine the level of the workforce, deciding what process they need to adopt and changes they need to make within the organisation. (Unit Guide, Organisational Behaviour and Theory, page 28 – 29)
Changes can influence on organisation behaviour dramatically, structure is the first thing to be modified when an organisation seeks changes. Decision making and workforce management is crucial to control it. (Unit Guide, Organisational Behaviour and Theory, page 28)
There are factors that influence all organisational behaviour; such as, globalisation, workforce, employment relationships, advancement in technology and organisational ethics and values (Unit guide, Organisational Behaviour and Theory, page 20).
Structure perhaps is the most tangible aspect of management. Structure incentive to improve action, so the designer can direct and control the behaviour of those people who are willing to subordinate themselves to the structure. Structure also allocates responsibility and authority to exercise decision making. The organisation can be structured in many ways, and those structures can influence its behaviour (Unit guide, Organisational Behaviour and theory, page 28).
The way organisation is structured sends powerful messages to both internal and external stakeholders (Unit guide section 2, organisational structure and design, pg 29). * The functional structure is the most primitive structure, the whole organisation is focus on a single market, and it best suits an