THE HORIZONTAL ORGANIZATION MIT Course 16.852J/ESD.61.J- Fall 2002 Dr Joe h. mize October 23 2002
THE HORIZONTAL ORGANIZATION MIT Course 16.852J/ESD.61.J – Fall 2002 Dr. Joe H. Mize October 23, 2002
The horizont anization REFERENCES Portions of this presentation were adapted from the following: Ostroff, Frank, The Horizontal Organization(New York, Oxford University Press, 1999) Hammer, Michael, Bevond Reengineering(New York, Harper BusinesS, 1996) Hammer Michael, "Process Management and the future of Six Sigma", MIT sloan Management Review (42: 2 winter 2002) Majchrzak, Ann and Qianwei Wang, "Breaking the functional Mindset in Process Organizations", Harvard Business Review (Sept-Oct 1996) Galbraith, Jay, Designing Organizations(San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 2002) Mze(10-2302)
The Horizontal Organization REFERENCES Portions of this presentation were adapted from the following: Ostroff, Frank, The Horizontal Organization (New York, Oxford University Press, 1999) Hammer, Michael, Beyond Reengineering (New York, HarperBusiness, 1996) Hammer, Michael, “Process Management and the Future of Six Sigma”, MIT Sloan Management Review (42:2, Winter 2002) Majchrzak, Ann and Qianwei Wang, “Breaking the Functional Mindset in Process Organizations”, Harvard Business Review (Sept – Oct 1996) Galbraith, Jay, Designing Organizations (San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 2002) Mize (10-23-02) 2
The horizont anization ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE Comprises the organizational components(units), their relationships and hierarchy Portrays where formal authority and power are located · Provides a"“home” and identity for employees
The Horizontal Organization ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE • Comprises the organizational components (units), their relationships and hierarchy • Portrays where formal authority and power are located • Provides a “home” and identity for employees Mize (10-23-02) 3
The horizont anization FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS REGARDING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE · Who goes where? · What do they do? What are the positions and how are they grouped? What is the reporting sequence? What is each person, and each unit, responsible for? How does authority/accountability flow?
The Horizontal Organization FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS REGARDING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE • Who goes where? • What do they do? • What are the positions and how are they grouped? • What is the reporting sequence? • What is each person, and each unit, responsible for? • How does authority/accountability flow? Mize (10-23-02) 4
The horizont anization DEPARTMENTALIZATION Definition: The grouping of employees Bases for departmentalization by function or specialty · by product line by customer/market segment by geographical area by work flow process combination
The Horizontal Organization DEPARTMENTALIZATION Definition: The grouping of employees Bases for departmentalization • by function or specialty • by product line • by customer/market segment • by geographical area • by work flow process • combination Mize (10-23-02) 5