- different organizational structures got to change 2.2 Organizational structure 2 types of flexible organizational structures
- project based organization
- Shamrock organization
- external factors can change organizational structure
project based organization
- based on needs of some project
- project run by project manager PM
- in charge of team of project
- holds responsibility over the entire project
- members from all over
- after project is done, disband and join another project or go to their departments
- lets company be responsive to market demand for new products
- matrix structure
- bad: cultural differences
shamrock organization
three parts. Handy says organizations got to adapt to survive (this seems obvious…)
- professional core
- contingent workforce (peripheral)
- outsourced vendors
professional core
full time experts. essential to meet organizational objectives Handy predicts ICT would reduce professional core
contingent workforce
- temporary staff hired by organization
- made up of portfolio workers, part time, seasonal, people on flexitime
- supermarkets use contingent workforce
outsourced vendors
- hired on contract to carry specific but non core role
- security catering accounting marketing
- not managed directly by business, greater autonomy
Shamrock say: have multiskilled work outsourced. core workforce should focus on core functions (what the business does best). Everything else should be outsourced. only full time workers get perks
