How you choose to organize your people can have a dramatic affect on your organization's level of
Question:
How you choose to organize your people can have a dramatic affect on your organization's level of success. Like most clothing, one size does not fit all. Each organization needs to be created taking into account factors like size, industry, geographical scope, rate of change and many others.
Scenario
Scenario 1- You're the lead in a small high tech startup that is developing a new type of plastic that is made from natural animal and plant oils.
Scenario 2- You are also the lead but this business is a chain of 6 BBQ restaurant locations in SW Ontario that is looking to expand across Canada through selling franchises.
Deliverables
For Scenario 1, describe your organizational choices and why you would make them.
For scenario 2, describe your organizational choices and why you would make them.
In each case keep in mind what roles need to be filled, how many employees you will likely have, how folks will work together, share information, where they will be located, how business decisions will be made and who reports to whom. Are you more vertically oriented or more horizontally oriented and why.
In your opinion, which scenario would be easier to implement in a real-world scenario? Explain your reasoning.
Given a choice of starting your career in a situation like in scenario 1 or like in scenario 2, which would you prefer and why?
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