Description
Read and respond to a case study to demonstrate your understanding of, and ability to apply, the concepts of organizational design and culture.
Review the “A New Kind of Structure” case study about Pfizer in the course textbook (Robbins, De Cenzo, & Coulter, 2017, p. 192).
Write an integrated essay that addresses the following items:
- Describe and evaluate how Pfizer is allowing employees to be more productive with its PfizerWorks.
- Analyze an organization for which you work, or are familiar with, by considering the structural implications—good and bad—that the PfizerWorks approach would have in the specifics of productivity. (Think in terms of the six organizational design elements.)
- Compare this arrangement with other types of organizations (including nonprofit, volunteer, etc.) and whether this structure would work.
- Discuss the global aspect of adapting a structure similar to Pfizer and how the culture of the organization may, or may not, be impacted.
Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:
- 3-4 pages in length
- Formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements
- Contain a minimum of two scholarly sources, at least one of which is not provided in, or linked from, the course. The CSU-Global Library is a great place to find these scholarly sources!
Write clearly and logically, as you will be graded on content, analysis, and your adherence to the tenets of good academic writing, which should be succinct where possible while also exploring the topics appropriately. Remember that you can always improve your work by providing support from outside scholarly sources, which help both to bolster your own assertions and supplement your ideas.
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Running head: CASE STUDY ANALYSIS: NEW KIND OF STRUCTURE
Case Study Analysis: New Kind of Structure
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Introduction
Pfizer is a pharmaceutical company based in the US with its headquarters in the New
York City. The company is one of the largest research-based firms dealing with the innovation of
new pharmaceuticals. Pfizer has a large workforce that conducts extensive research on the latest
pharmaceuticals. Upon realizing that the company's most skilled workers were spending time
working on menial tasks, the firm decided to implement a new kind of structure that was aimed
at improving employee productivity. The only panacea to address this menace was outsourcing a
team of semi-skilled workers to work on the menial tasks. The team of qualified workers from
New York was supposed to work on more strenuous tasks which involved strategizing and
innovation. This paper examines the success of the latest intervention by Pfizer and it impacts on
organizational culture.
How Pfizer Is Allowing Employees to Be More Productive With Its Pfizerworks
Upon realizing that most of its workers spent most of their time doing menial and
mundane tasks, Pfizer saw the need to develop a new kind of structure that would reduce the
workload of experienced workers. In fact, the supporting work was delegated to outsiders. Most
of t...