The School Of Public And Environmental Affairs - 1568 Words

Change is to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc. of something different from what it is or from what it would be left alone (notes). Change is a continuous occurrence throughout the growth of organizations and their success can be correlated with how adaptable the organization is to these changes. SPEA’s current organizational structure is not working effectively, so in order to remedy this problem, we must change the organizational structure within SPEA. I have created a plan that will solve the communication problems within SPEA while simultaneously enhancing the structure and culture of the organization. The School of Public and Environmental Affairs currently operates as a mechanistic, or bureaucratic, organization.†¦show more content†¦Patt will then approve the task and then Patt will inform student workers of their new duties. This means the flow of communication goes from the middle to the top level and then directly to the bottom level. The vertical communication that is evident in a mechanistic organizational structure is currently functioning in the form of an upside down checkmark. In addition to this disruption of the organizational structure, there is also the exclusion of the top level in its entirety. The advisors will disregard Patt and communicate their needs with the student workers directly, which in turn makes the organization operate on a disconnected basis. SPEA is attempting to run a centralized, formalized, and mechanistic organization; however, their actual organization is extremely informal. The first step to creating an organization that functions properly is to fix the structure of the organization itself. After analyzing the current formalized organizational structure within SPEA, I decided that it did not need to be changed; however, it needed to be adjusted in order to make it operational. SPEA should maintain their mechanistic structure with distinct levels of authority for the sake of the student workers, so that they are aware of who they are answering to. In order to make this structure more effective for the student workers, we need to further centralize the organization. For instance, we should