Organizational Structures

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of the People

Course Instructor: Rita Ogbeama

15 March 2022
 Reporting to more than one manager within an organization comes along with quite a

number of challenges that the employees need to overcome and also the manager themselves

and this is particularly seen within a matrix structure. These challenges include more time

needed by the managers to follow up on their coordination and tasks and also the conflict of

roles within the employees themselves amongst others.

More time needed to follow up on coordinated tasks

The fact that product managers as well as regional managers both need time to follow

up on the reports they receive from the employees regarding the tasks they would have

assigned, creates the need to follow on the employees to make sure that whatever they would

have delegated meets the standards which indeed takes time as compared to when one

manager leads the team and simple coordinates everyone. Again, the employees also are

faced with confusion and role conflict because they are faced with different expectations

from the different managers they report to.

Benefits of matrix structure

It creates a strong communication base within the organization which is a vital tool

for growth. The fact that the managers communicate amongst themselves and also are

mandated to effectively communicate with employees makes them communicate effectively.

To add on that, employees also communicate amongst themselves as they perform the

delegated tasks and in turn pass the reports to managers and this validates the need for good

communication system and thus leads to the success of the organization.

Advantages and disadvantages of a boundary less organization

On the positive end, boundary less organizations eliminate the traditional barriers
between the organization as well as between the employees themselves as they make it

possible for the firms to work together for one common goal of improving productivity.

However, the negative impact this has is that there is need to invest in various resources such

as time, money and trust amongst the firms and employees who decide to merge in a

boundary less structure. Without these, the breaking of traditional barriers becomes

compromised which then threatens organizational growth.

Learning organization environment

The innovation that learning organizations come along with is indeed exceptional.

There are new things every day and as these are being implemented it creates a good working

environment where employees are encouraged to bring in their new ideas. This motivates the

employees and leads to success of the organization. However, research and its

implementation can be risky and if the ideas bring along a company to lose sales, customers

and even the market share position, it may cause the employees to be afraid to try new things

which is non-beneficial to the firm.

As someone in healthcare (nurse by profession), I prefer learning organizations

because nursing is dynamic and there is need to keep on researching and improving skills

within the medical field.

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Reference

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