Following this presentation you will:
- Understand the main features of an organisation.
- Identify the main features of the different organisations structures: Tall, Flat and Matrix/Project.
- Understand the importance of setting objectives in managing an organisation.
- Understand the purpose and role of mission and vision statement in managing an organisation.
2. Objectives
• Understand the main features of an organisation
• Describe the main features of the different
organisations structures: Tall, Flat and
Matrix/Project
• Explain the importance of setting objectives in
managing an organisation
• Explain the purpose and role of mission and
vision statement in managing an organisation
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7. Organisation
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DEFINITION
• Formal Organisation: the official structure of
command & control that exist between a
group of individuals working together towards
a shared goal
9. Organisation Characteristics
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DEFINITION CHARACTERISTICS
• All modern organizations are alike
• Common features of organization's, as Max
Weber identified them:
– Structural features of organization's
– Standard operating procedures
– Organisational politics
– Organisational culture
– Organisational Environment
10. Organisation Characteristics
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DEFINITION CHARACTERISTICS
• There is no two organization's are identical
• Unique features of organization's, as Max
Weber identified them:
– Different organisational types
– Organisation's and environments
– Organisational ultimate goals
– Organisation's also serve different groups
– Organisation leadership
11. Organisation Structure
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DEFINITION CHARACTERISTICS
• Tall Organisation’s
– People become more specialized
– Rules put in place
– Have long chain of command
– Stable business environment
– Complain of working in large impersonal machine
– People feel alienation and bureaucracy
STRUCTURE
12. Organisation Structure
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DEFINITION CHARACTERISTICS
• Flat Organisation’s
– Have few levels of management
– Decentralized decision making
– Employee participation is encouraged
– Quickly identify & respond to changes
– Have more personal working relationships
environment
– Decision making can be slow and frustrating
– Confusion in responsibility and making decisions
STRUCTURE
14. Organisation Structure
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DEFINITION CHARACTERISTICS
• Matrix / Project Organisation’s
– Individuals works across teams and projects
– Can lead to confusion as well clashes
STRUCTURE
16. Organisation Objectives
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DEFINITION CHARACTERISTICS
• Organisations need objectives to:
– Identify what the business aim to achieve
– Give the business a sense of direction
– Provide focus to everyone in organisation
– Drive decision making and strategy planning
– Motivate employees
– Provide a means for measuring success
STRUCTURE OBJECTIVES
22. Organisation Objectives
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DEFINITION CHARACTERISTICS
• Objectives within an organisation can be:
– Strategic Objectives
– Tactical Objectives
STRUCTURE OBJECTIVES
23. Organisation Objectives
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DEFINITION CHARACTERISTICS
• Strategic Objectives:
–They represent long–term objectives
–They are High risk objectives
–Set by Senior managers, board of directors
–Involves major capital investment
–Expensive and hard to alter once implemented
STRUCTURE OBJECTIVES
24. Organisation Objectives
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DEFINITION CHARACTERISTICS
• Tactical Objectives:
–They represent short–term objectives
–They are low risk objectives
–Set by employees at the departmental level
–Involves few resources commitments
–Easy to change with little financial implication
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25. Mission and Vision Statement
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DEFINITION CHARACTERISTICS
• Mission Statement : “Who we are and what we do”
–Concise description of what an organisation
currently doing
–Defines why organisation exist and key success
measures
–Prime audience is Middle management,
shareholders, and operational employees
–Over the years businesses build on it to establish
their core competences
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26. Mission and Vision Statement
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DEFINITION CHARACTERISTICS
• Mission Statement : steps to create successful
mission statement:
–Identify the organisation USP
–Identify organisation key success measures
–Combine success measures and USP into tangible
& measurable goals
–Refine the goals into a concise and precise
statement
STRUCTURE OBJECTIVES MISSION AND VISION
27. Mission and Vision Statement
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DEFINITION CHARACTERISTICS
‘To protect, maintain and
improve the health of all
residents.’
STRUCTURE OBJECTIVES MISSION AND VISION
28. Mission and Vision Statement
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DEFINITION CHARACTERISTICS
• Vision Statement :
–Describes the desired future position of the
company in terms of values, such as market share
or profit target
–It gives business direction, inspire and motivate
employees to perform to their best
–It express how the organisation values its key
stakeholders (shareholders, customers, suppliers
& internal community)
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29. Mission and Vision Statement
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DEFINITION CHARACTERISTICS
• Vision Statement : steps to create successful vision
statement:
–Identify the values that underpin the business
–Focus on the aspects of operation that
stakeholders value more
–Prepare a statement that motivate and
strengthens the message to business stakeholders
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30. Mission and Vision Statement
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DEFINITION CHARACTERISTICS
‘Our vision is a world where
everyone is connected’
STRUCTURE OBJECTIVES MISSION AND VISION
31. Mission and Vision Statement
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DEFINITION CHARACTERISTICS
• Good mission & vision statements are:
–Brief;
–Memorable;
–and Practical
• They are normally combined to provide a statement
of the organisation purposes, goals and values.
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32. Mission and Vision Statement
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DEFINITION CHARACTERISTICS
• They serve a very important role Internally:
–Guide management thinking on strategic issues
–Provide stability during time of change
–Set performance Standards
–Provide employees with a common goal
–Inspire employees to work more productively
–Guide employee decision making
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33. Mission and Vision Statement
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DEFINITION CHARACTERISTICS
• They serve a very important role Externally:
–Create goodwill & attract similar-minded groups
to invest in the business
–Create closer & better links with organisation
stakeholders
–Promote the business to the general public
–Act as a marketing tool for the business
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34. Summary
• Understood the theory and concept of
organisation
• Described the main features of the different
organisations structures: Tall, Flat and
Matrix/Project
• Explained the importance of setting objectives in
managing an organisation
• Explained the purpose and role of mission and
vision statement in managing an organisation
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DEFINITION CHARACTERISTICS STRUCTURE OBJECTIVES MISSION AND VISION