Essays on Functional Departments

[First Name Last Name] The given case expounds over the situation when Roger Cahill – Vice President of BoldFlash Mobile Division came across the situation where BoldFlash is struggling to adjust to a progressing and challenging marketplace. In the case study, four working groups within a division refused to work collaboratively and as a result, the division has failed to make the most of some exceedingly significant new product opportunities. In order to address these issues, Roger Cahill undertake a number of personnel and organizational changes since he takes his designation in control. While facing eroding profit margins and low ...

Improving cost-effectiveness of product designs by cross-functional collaboration

Abstract Procurement management is a widely recognized strategic management tool used to keep the cost of production of a company under control. Design-to-cost process is a process that is capable of improving cost effectiveness of the process of product development. The DTC process essentially involves cross-functional collaboration within the organization. The objective of this dissertation is to provide a cross-functional collaboration driven DTC framework for the case company which is an information technology firm. The proposed dissertation is single qualitative case study in which adductive approach will be adapted to the analysis of the results. The theoretical perspective of ...

Organizational structure forms through departmentalization. Separate positions are united into a department, and the departments become vital elements that create an organization. Naturally, there are several ways one can approach departmentalization. Managers decide how departments are interrelated, what major focuses and goals are set before each department, and how the chain of command and hierarchy will establish communication systems and reporting principles. Because different companies operate in highly distinct industries, there are different types of organizational structures developed to meet business-specific goals in a maximally effective and efficient way. There are three traditional organizational structures that are used by the majority ...

Question 1

You have just been hired by a large organization to serve as a first line supervisor, but because you are in an influential department, you have the opportunity to meet the top managers at a company party and to dialogue with the CEO on his responsibilities. Knowing the responsibilities and types of decisions made by top management as we studied them in organization theory, what would you discuss the organization with the CEO?

Response:

Awareness is necessary with preparedness for the conversation or discussion with the CEO about the organization. Initially, I would discuss about the advantages of the organization as a tool to ...

- Primary reasons for the organization’s existence Riordan Company is a manufacturing company that produces plastics. The key customers of Riordan are the other companies that manufacture aircrafts, appliance and automotive parts. They also supply their products to the department of defense and beverage manufacturers. It is a global company with its headquarters in San Jose. A mission statement is a message that the company states in order for the stakeholders to see. The mission is aimed at guiding the decisions, strategic plans and any other action of an organization (Brabet & Klemm, 1994). It is also used as a tool for ...

Introduction

Organizational structure is a very important component of an organization. In order to successfully accomplish the organizational mission, the members of an organization need to act in accordance with a framework of order and a set pattern of management. It is the structure of an organization that puts into effect the order in which the activities of an organization are planned, organized and controlled. The roles, responsibilities and communication channels are also defined by the structure alone (Laurie J. Mullins, 2005, p 296). The objective behind the creation of organizational structure is to assimilate employees into an entrenched network of relationships so that ...

- Among the several application areas supported by the enterprises systems, the earliest supported application pertains to the management of demands. ERP started out in the 1960’s as inventory control packages, became Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) in 1970’s, Manufacturing Resources Planning (MRP II) in the 1980’s, Enterprise Resource Planning in 1990’s and today known as the Extended Resource Planning. (Rashid, 2002) The main focus of the MRP was to manage the planning and scheduling of required materials of products with complex compositions. It uses production requirements, inventory levels and sizing procedures as a contributory factor in ...

The blue spider project presents a scenario where no formal project management processes is in place. The project systems and procedures are poorly defined. In essence, the whole project management process is not clear and is generally characterized with project creep, existence of culture where blame is the order of the day, fighting between project managers and departments, and revitalization of leadership. It is evident that the project lacks clear communication lines as well as cost, poor utility, quality and problems of scheduling. There are communication problems between the functional departments. For instance, there is existence of communication breakdown between ...