Here I am writing my first blog and wonder whether I will sustain it or it will be forgotten in few months?
But the incident that trigger me to blog was a discussion I had with my friend, standing in an overcrowded bus of Mumbai. The bumper to bumper traffic of Mumbai roads provide enough opportunity for a guy who is not that empty above, to ponder on certain issues and discuss them off the record. Anyway, our discussion on organizational issues of a small company(start up company) triggered a question in my mind. "For a small company which is a better option Structure or Flexibility?"
As more and more companies consider flexibility in organizational structure and responsibilities as their strength I have a slightly different view out of my own experience. In the initial stages a company should follow a rigid structure that guarantees minimum standard output and creates a culture for the company.
It provides an opportunity to orient strategy around organizational design that in turn helps company thrive no matter how market and competitive conditions change. Building an organizational design is hard and time consuming but it pays in terms of profit, costs and risks. However that doesn't mean that we need to have vertical hierarchical structure, gone are the days when capital was the scarce resource and such an structure was very much needed for efficient performance. The key factor for the progress of a small company is an organizational design that intends to maximize the collaboration among talented workers who are today's wealth generators.
But the incident that trigger me to blog was a discussion I had with my friend, standing in an overcrowded bus of Mumbai. The bumper to bumper traffic of Mumbai roads provide enough opportunity for a guy who is not that empty above, to ponder on certain issues and discuss them off the record. Anyway, our discussion on organizational issues of a small company(start up company) triggered a question in my mind. "For a small company which is a better option Structure or Flexibility?"
As more and more companies consider flexibility in organizational structure and responsibilities as their strength I have a slightly different view out of my own experience. In the initial stages a company should follow a rigid structure that guarantees minimum standard output and creates a culture for the company.
It provides an opportunity to orient strategy around organizational design that in turn helps company thrive no matter how market and competitive conditions change. Building an organizational design is hard and time consuming but it pays in terms of profit, costs and risks. However that doesn't mean that we need to have vertical hierarchical structure, gone are the days when capital was the scarce resource and such an structure was very much needed for efficient performance. The key factor for the progress of a small company is an organizational design that intends to maximize the collaboration among talented workers who are today's wealth generators.
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