The Importance of Organizational Structure in Effective Management
Abstract
The aim of this work is to examine the importance of organizational structure ineffective management of general cotton mill Onitsha on issues affecting the management and employees. To uncover the trend of events in the scene, a review of related literature was carried out
As a method of gathering data a structured and closed-ended questionnaire was designed, validated, reproduced, and administered on a sample of 50 out of which 40 were retrieved while 12 were lost due to logistic problems.
Data based on these were presented and analyzed. It was discovered among other things that, communication, workflows, authority, and responsibility are all valid relationships that exist between different dimensions of organizational structure that can affect managerial efficiency.
It was concluded that the manner in which an organization is structured is evident in the effectiveness of the management of such organization and also there only a low degree of difference existing between the structural designs of the department within the organization.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Approval ii
Dedication iii
Abstracts ix
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
- Background of study 1
- Statement of the problem 6
- Purpose of study 8
- Significance of study 9
- Research questions 10
- Scope/delimitation of study 11
- Definition of terms 12
CHAPTER 2
RELATED LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 The meaning of organizational structure 14
2.2 Structure 15
2.3 The traditional early perspective 17
2.3.1 Environment and structure 25
2.3.2 Division of labor 27
2.4 Departmentation 31
2.2.1 Types of structure 34
2.5 Authority and delegation 36
CHAPTER 3
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Design of study 38
3.2 Area of study 38
3.3 Population of study 39
3.4 Sample of study 39
3.5 Instrument for data collection 40
3.6 Validation of the Instrument 41
3.7 Distribution and retrieval of instrument 42
3.8 Method of data analysis 42
CHAPTER 4
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS 43
4.1 List of findings 48
4.2 Discussion of findings
49
CHAPTER 5
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMENDATION
5.1 Summary of findings 51
5.2 Conclusion 52
5.3 Recommendations 53
5.4 Limitations of study 55
5.5 Suggestions for further research 56
Reference 57
Appendix 59
Questionnaire 60
INTRODUCTION
Every organization has an objective which has always been to achieve a goal. These objectives are identified through planning. This is simply because, through planning, establishes means of achieving objectives invariably; establishing a means for achieving these objectives becomes the prior .
This brings them face to face with a major management function which is organization. The organization process is mainly aimed to achieve coordination through the design of the structure of task, authority, and relationships. Meanwhile, the level of objective attainment generally determines the extent of management effectiveness
On the other hand, the structure being a direct result of the management function of organizing is the framework through which an organization accomplished the task and responsibilities needed to attain its objectives. This may be why Donnelly et al (2004) stated that “structure is a means for achieving the goal established in planning.
Coming to a task that structure in the present-day organization presents, the need for people to organize their efforts in order to attain certain objectives becomes more and more imperative. Hence organization structure defined the format for allocation of work roles to identify the members of the organization.
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