Principles of Management

Overcoming Challenges to Effective Organizational Performance

The main obstacles to effective organizational performance is already covered in this blog and the ways to overcome them are discussed below.

1. Employees Training and Development

The hope is that employees who receive training in line with their individual or organizational goals will become more efficient in what they do. Organizations should look at the positive effects of training on employee performance, and consider employee development as a targeted investment into making the front line worker stronger. More importantly, development plans that include “train-the-trainer” (training that trains employees to become trainers of a skill) can provide exponential benefits to the organization.… Read the rest

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The Cultural Web – Johnson and Scholes’s Model of Organizational Culture

Organizational culture can be simply identified as the own unique personality that the respective organization practices. The group of people who works for the organization shares a system of Assumptions, Beliefs, and Values which governs them both individually and with the organizational needs.

The cultural web model developed by Johnson and Scholes in 1993 is an important one, in which six dimensions of the organization culture are defined.

The corporate culture consists of six major components, as structure, power structure, symbols, stories, rituals and control systems. They provide clear guidelines for the employees, about how things are performed within the organizational context; providing influences for the better change management.… Read the rest

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Value Analysis – Definition, Mechanism and Process

Value Analysis (VA) was established by Lawrence D. Miles of General Electric in America. The basic fundamental of value analysis can be implemented in any product to optimize its value. In more details, value analysis is actually a process of systematic review that is applied to existing product designs in order to compare the function of the product required by a customer to meet their requirements at the lowest cost by eliminating unnecessary costs that consistent with the specified performance and reliability needed.

First of all, value analysis (and value engineering) is a formal and organized process of analysis and evaluation which required management activities including planning, control and coordination.… Read the rest

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Factors that Contribute to Successful Organizations

An organization is said to be effective when it achieves the expected  output as by the management. An effective organization earns profit for  investors, offers satisfactory service to clients and has a potential  for growth and development. Organizations are able to survive chaotic times due to their adaptability to change. The management which provides  good leadership experiences employee retention and the workers are more  productive than one with a demoralized workforce. An organization has to facilitate training and continuous learning for  employees, the organization has contingency methods of operation that is different situations are handled by the different appropriate ways. An  organization has to engage the input of its employees in the decision making.… Read the rest

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Guidance in Management

The Concept of  Guidance

Guidance in management  can be defined as: – “The act or process of guiding” or “The one who shows the way by leading, directing, or advising. “ or “The one who serves as a model for others, as in a course of conduct.”

Good manager guide their employees to continually learn new skills and work toward organizational goals, while being sensitive to their needs. This kind of guidance gives employees a vested interest in their organization, which will affect the quality of their work. The good manager is a leader, not an order giver.

When a manager tells an employee what he want done, instead of giving an order, the manager give their employees the freedom to come up with their best way of getting that task done.… Read the rest

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The Effect of Organizational Structure on Innovation

Organizational structure is the skeleton system based on which an organization functions.  Organizational structure deals with the framework which defines the relation between people and positions in the organization. Organization structure is defined as the formal system of task and reporting relationships that controls, coordinates and motivates employees so that they cooperate and work together to achieve an organization’s goals. Several tasks are to be implemented in an organization, for these organizational tasks to be successful, they should be coordinated. Organizational structure supports division of work, categorizing the tasks and supervision in an organization. An effective organizational structure aids the efficient running of an organization.… Read the rest

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