You are required to imagine you are the managing director or chief executive of your organisation, and complete the following checklist

Use the completed checklist and your own analysis to highlight the priorities for reviewing your organisation. Compare and discuss your responses with colleagues.

Discussion

■ What overall conclusions do you draw about your organisation?

■ If you had to make a forced choice and in rank order, what three variables would you say ultimately determine the effectiveness of an organisation more than any others?

■ What have you learned about effective organisational performance and your study of management and organisational behaviour?

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a Structure Does your organisation have: 1 an outdated structure - for example, geared to forgotten objectives, old markets, retired top managers; 2 a structure that does not allow the organisation to respond to business growth, technical change or the competition; 3 changed organisational objectives, but structure and staffing basically unchanged; 4 flexibility, adaptability and delegation impeded by bureaucracy or detailed built-in procedures; 5 a structure that does not encourage people readily to identify how their role/position relates to the overall objectives and structure of the organisation? Yes No Maybe