Description
Write a three-page paper written in APA style. Imagine that your company is switching to a matrix structure. Before, you were working in a functional structure, now every employee is going to report to a team leader as well as a department manager.
- Draw a hypothetical organizational chart for the previous and new structures
- Create a list of things to be done before the change occurs
- Create a list of things that need to be done after the change occurs
- What are the sources of resistance you foresee for a change such as this? What is your plan of action to overcome this resistance?
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Explanation & Answer
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Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Organizational Structure: Structural Transition
Student’s Name
University Affiliation
1
2
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE
C. E. O
PRODUCTIO
MANAGER
PROCUREM
ENT
MANAGER
FINANCE
MANAGER
HR
MANAGER
TEAM
LEADER A
PROCUREM
ENT 1
ACCOUNTA
NT 1
SUPERVISO
R1
TEAM
LEADER B
PROCUREM
ENT 2
ACCOUNTA
NT 2
SUPERVISO
R2
In this structure, the employees report to their functional department.
3
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
MATRIX ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
CEO
PRODUCTION
MANAGER
TEAM LEADER
A
TEAM LEADER
B
HUMAN R.
MANAGER
PROCUREMEN
T MANAGER
FINANCE
PROCUREMEN
T OFFICER 1
ACCOUNTANT
SUPERVISOR
1
1
ACCOUNTANT
SUPERVISOR
2
2
PROCUREMEN
T OFFICER 2
MANAGER
In this hypothetical structure, all employees report to their team leader and the departments they
fall under.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
4
Things to Be Done Before the Change
Managing change in an organization might be challenging. Before our company changes
its organizational structure there is a list of things that ought to be done. First of all the top
leadership of the company should have identified the reasons for change (Barlett and Ghoshal,
1989). The objectives as to why the company wants to transit to matrix structure should be clear.
The possible achievements of the new structure should also be reviewed.
A transition team should also be established upon realizing the need for change. The
team’s duty is to ensure that the company achieves the organizational structure required. It
should consist of managers and employees who believe in the company’s goals in the transition.
The transition team should then prepare a blueprint regarding the change. The layout plan should
explain why the company needs matrix structure and when the new structure will be complete
(Barlett and Ghoshal, 1989). This is done so that everyone involved will follow. The document
also has to entail how the workers will fit into the new structure
The company should also reach consensus regarding the developments with employees.
This is done by sharing the layout plan to the various functional groups in the company. Through
this, the transition team collects ideas and compares ...
