Organisation Design, Culture and People Flashcards
What are the three aspects of strategic planning and implementation?
Operational planning - Short term plans
Target setting - look at financial and operational performance targets.
Resource allocation - occurs both top down and bottom up, based on forecasted cash flow.
What is the purpose of strategic planing and implementation?
Mechanisms that link strategy to a system of implementation.
How can the three aspects of strategic planing and implementation be achieved?
Either through organisational structure or organisational culture.
How do you overcome the challenges of strategic planning or implementation?
To overcome this you need to know the organisation organises itself (structure) and their beliefs and values (culture).
Explain the cooperation problem
Aligning the business goals with individual goals.
How do you overcome the cooperation problem?
Control mechanisms
Performance incentives
Shared values
Explain the coordination problem
How to coordinate each group to work together.
How do you overcome the coordination problem?
Rules and instructions
Routines
Mutual agreements
What questions do you need to consider when choosing the right structure?
On what basis should specialised units be defined?
How should decision-making authority be allocated?
How should different organisation units be assembled for the purpose of coordination and control?
