2012, the TCSG decide to merger together two local technical colleges in an effort to cut administrative cost and save the community members money without compromising students’ ability to obtain or complete their education. As a result of the need the organization reassess it’s organizations to redesign the organization’s chart to support the new environment.
The structural and cultural relationship of an organization are dependent upon one another.
Strictly hierarchical functioning organizations doesn’t not allow for independence from lower level employee.
Organizational structures are used by upper management to control the influence in the company.
If management allows for more independent action from lower employees will fill a since of accountability for the work they perform.
Highly centralized authority can have a negative impact on both the company’s structure and culture.
Represents upper management in a top down organizational structure.
If either of the components are omitted during the attempt to successful change a culture the change will fail to be successful. It is essential that when attempting to change the structure of an organization is to understand the importance for a need of cultural change first
Leaders would attempt to forced organizational change causes resistance behavior from employees. Rather than trying to force change leaders must motivate change among employees. As leaders, we got to get people to recognize and become receptive to a need to change and seeing how keeping the status quo will be detrimental to the existence of the organization.
Methods for unfreezing:
Responding to the opinions of others about the change process
Investigating the problem by assembling members to valuable data that reflects the organization’s need for change or failure.
Lastly, the use of authority is sometimes the only motivator that gets people to change.
Changing the organization’s current culture, also modifies the organization’s structure.
Changing the organization’s current culture, also modifies the organization’s structure.
During the process of breaking down an organization’s culture, consider the effects that change in the structural framework of an organization has on other of it components, you want to gradually implement policy, techniques, and responsibility so that it is less shocking to employees, greatly minimizing resistances to the change. After propose the solution for the need for change. Then you would need to recruit individual to learn the necessary skills needed to assist you in carrying out the change process.
Now that the change has be made, what’s next?
Now that the organization’s structure and culture has changes, it is a must to sustain it.
This can be done by ensuring that these changes are implemented and practiced in the day-to-day operation of the organization through its policies, procedures, leader, and employee norms.
Sustain the change by communicating with all employees through regular meeting, considering the voices of others involved. Establish open discussions and promote effective communication where team members and managers contribute ideas and note those ideas that appropriate for solving problems.
How do I fit into the skim of things?
As leaders, we should focus on empowering others to become organizational leaders by considering the needs and motivation influences of employees. In order to be an effective leader, the reality is leaders need the help of others to be successful. Critical to the development and implementing of organization’s methods are highly motivated employees.
Methods:
Enable, freedom to make independent decision
Involve, allow employees to be come change agents themselves take on additional responsibility to improve organizational methods.
Encourage , employees to become proactive in their positions.
As Transformational leaders, we need to look at how the system as a whole is interconnected when attempting to lead in times of change. Leadership requires that a focus be placed on increasing motivation, morale, and performance of individual employees by connecting a sense of identity and self to the organizations mission and identity. This can be done by addressing and improving team building and interpersonal skills of employees. Employees who are involved in leadership tasks demonstrates greater accountability for being knowledgeable of their work.
w do I fit in the organization?