Let’s Analyze!

Activity 1. Answer the following questions.

1. What is organizing?
In the field of engineering management, organizing is the function
undertaken by an engineer manager that arranges, sorts or structures various
resources of the company ranging from the skills of their employees to their
financial resources so that the company is a step closer to its goals.

2. Why is it very essential for the engineer manager to have the skills in organizing?
As an engineer manager, it is vital to have skills in organizing since this
function is a necessary job in management. Specifically, organizing will put every
possible resources in line so that they could work together in unison towards the
goals. Without good skills in organizing, there is a high possibility that some
resources will be left out leading to an inevitable and unnecessary chaos during
the execution process.

3. What is the purpose of the organizational structure?

The definitive purpose of setting up an organizational structure is that it
creates some kind of “flow” or “synchronization” when it comes to the
interrelations of different jobs, utilization of resources, among others. In other
words, organizational structures will put everything in a company into order.
Thus, with order comes harmony in terms of work flow and work process towards
achieving the company’s goals.

4. What is the purpose of the formal organization?

Since formal organizations are organizations that are formally recognized
and acknowledged by an organization, firm or company, they are the
organizations that will execute the steps in order to fulfill the company’s mission
and to achieve their goals.

5. What should be the concern of the engineer manager when structuring the
organization?
First and foremost, engineer managers should be aware of their teams’
capabilities and skillsets. This should be every engineer manager’s priority since
every role in a team should be undertaken by an employees who has the
necessary skillset and capability to do it with flying colors. For example,
assigning a chemical engineer to draw building drafts and assigning a civil
engineer to set up a plant design would definitely lead to failure. After taking care
of the technical side of structuring, engineer managers should also know how
good the relationships are of these employees with each other. Even an engineer
manager assigns expert employees to their respective roles, a bad relationship
will inevitably affect the team’s camaraderie. In turn, these employees will tend to
work alone instead of working together.