Organisational Design

Organisational Design A Structured approach to Departmental Design Ian Campbell Infinity Automation WWW.infinity-automation.com

Organisational Development Definition: Quote: “The harnessing and Harmonisation of Human Resource to Maximise Organisational Success” WWW.infinity-automation.com

Organisational Development Why do we continue to do it: “Organisations are dynamic entities and therefore need to continually adapt and to exploit the opportunities of change or face possible extinction, in the business sense” • O.D. Methods provides us with a Means to Change WWW.infinity-automation.com

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Organisation Design Approach • Main Purpose of commercial organisations is to be profitable • Adam Smith (Wealth of Nations “Exchangeable value”) • In the manufacturing sector the construct of business is generally determined by • Physical Assets (Reliability) • Process (inc materials) (Robustness) • People (Motivation. Herzberg) • Customer expectations need to be met • Cost • Quality • Demand • Response (Specify Value) Q. Determine how far you are from your customer or simply “identify your customer” WWW.infinity-automation.com

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Organisational Design Construction Structure Task Team size TIED Design characteristics (Functional, supply chain) Structure Leadership O.D. is characterised by • Structure, People & Leadership • Structure plays an important but supporting role Non Transferable tasks Span of Control Leadership training Location Interaction Leader Team Team Team Transformational goal Specialism Work distribution/loading Q. Which are the more important WWW.infinity-automation.com

Organisational (Structure) Structure is generally built from the bottom up Tasks should have elements of • Structure is everyone’s favourite • Structure exists to support people. People don’t exist to support structure. • Structure is built around Tasks • Identify the tasks • Identify skills • Identify numbers P E D Plan Do Evaluate It’s important to isolate the task and define it’s limits. Identify the elements of PDE within a job role. • Motivation is driven from the need of a sense of worth. • Worth is driven from a sense of achievement WWW.infinity-automation.com

Working at different levels Team Working • Working across departments • Interactions • Communications • Consider formal and informal Ways of Work (WoW) • Identify customer relationship Structure Structure Leader Leader Team Team Team Team • Working within Departments • Interactions • Communications • Consider formal and informal WoW • Flow of Information • Working within Teams • Interactions • Communications • Relationships WWW.infinity-automation.com

Working at different levels Team Leadership • Leadership is Hierarchical by nature • Effective leadership is essential for a high performance team • When is a leader not a leader • Evaluate % leadership tasks V non leadership tasks. Leader • Leadership Tasks • Developing • Managing • Advising • Supporting • Administration Leader Leader Leader Leader Leader WWW.infinity-automation.com

Summary Redesign is about People and Structure • O.D. principles are used to design & develop.. • The task • The creation of workgroups • Leadership • Team-working WWW.infinity-automation.com

Summary Identify • Purpose (Why) • Task or Contribution (What) • Approach “Process” (How) • Resource (Who) “The harnessing and Harmonisation of Human Resource to Maximise Organisational Success” WWW.infinity-automation.com Slide-set must not be altered without prior consent

Organisational Design