Organizational Structure Design Research Articles

Can digital transformation improve firm resilience to supply chain disruption? The role of diversification strategies

Our study investigates the role of digital transformation (DT) in promoting firm resilience to supply chain disruptions. Based on resource dependence theory (RDT) and anchored in the organizational structure design literature, we propose a moderating effect for diversification strategies, including sourcing diversification, business diversification, and geographic diversification. To verify this, we collect data based on a sample of 2486 Chinese listed companies that experienced supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19 in 2020, of which 1716 companies implemented DT and 770 companies did not. The changes in firm resilience based on five operating performance metrics for the sample group (those firms implementing DT) are compared against a control group (those without implementing DT) of similar size and industry. The results show that, in terms of percentage of change in operating performance, firms implementing in DT are more resilient than those that do not. Moreover, the sourcing and geographic diversification strategies play a positive moderating role in the relationship between DT and firm resilience. Additionally, our findings partially support the view that business diversification plays a positive moderating role in our proposed relationship for a certain subsample. These results contribute to the DT-resilience literature by unlocking the value and potential of interplay between DT and different diversification strategies in building firm resilience, and underscore the importance of reducing dependence on external resources in the face of supply chain disruptions.

Study on the Construction Path of Master Studios for Vocational Employment and Entrepreneurship Guidance

In the process of cultivating highly skilled technical talents in higher vocational colleges, employment and entrepreneurship guidance plays a crucial role. However, there are still problems such as insufficient resources and unsatisfactory guidance effects in the current vocational colleges’ employment and entrepreneurship guidance. To solve these problems, this study proposes the construction of master studios for employment and entrepreneurship guidance and discusses their construction paths in detail. Through literature analysis, questionnaires, and interviews, this paper analyzes the current status and existing problems of employment and entrepreneurship guidance in vocational colleges, explores the concept, role, and necessity, and feasibility of master studios. The research results show that master studios can significantly improve students’ employment and entrepreneurship abilities and promote the teaching quality of vocational colleges. Based on this, this paper proposes a systematic construction path for master studios, including goal setting, organizational structure design, operation mode, resource allocation and guarantee, and the cultivation and development of the master team. Finally, by analyzing successful cases, the experience and insights of master studio construction are summarized to provide theoretical basis and practical guidance for the construction of master studios for employment and entrepreneurship guidance in vocational colleges.

Challanges of Using Artificial Intelligence in Management Decision Making

The technology development of society has a strong impact on the labor market. The use of artificial intelligence leads to changes in the requirements for occupying certain professions, the elimination of same positions, as well as the appearance of new professions. This necessitates changes in the organizational structure and job design. Also changing are the requirements for employees who must acquire new knowledge and develop skills to be able to occupy certain professions. The turbulent business environment also requires organizations to be able to identify emerging trends and quickly respond to these new demands in order to stay in the market. It is here that to stay “in the game” analysis is needed, which projects future trends using artificial intelligence.

Developing conceptual model for safety risk management in aviation as building capacity and resilience strategy

Purpose This study aims to develop an inclusive, multidisciplinary, flexible and organizationally adaptable safety risk management framework, including diversity management, that will be implemented to ensure safety is and remains at the desired level. If the number of incidents and potential incidents that could lead to accidents and their impact rates are to be reduced operationally and administratively, aviation safety risks and sources of risk must be better understood, sources of risk identified, and the safety risk management framework designed in an organization-specific and organization-wide sustainable way. At this point, it is necessary to draw the conceptual framework well and to define the boundaries of the concepts well. In this study, a framework model that can be adapted to the organization is proposed to optimize the management of risks and provide both efficient and effective resource allocation and organizational structure design in its operations and management functions. Design/methodology/approach The qualitative research method – triple techniques – was deemed appropriate for this study, which aims to identify, examine, interpret and develop the situations of safety management models. In this context, document analysis, business process modeling technique and Delphi techniques from qualitative research methods were used via integration as the methodology of this research. Findings To manage dynamic civil aviation management activities and business processes effectively and efficiently, the risk management process is the building block of the “Proposed Process Model” that supports the decision-making processes of aviation organizations and managers. This “Framework Conceptual Model” building block also helps build capacity and resilience by enabling continuous development, organizational learning, and flexible structuring. Research limitations/implications This research is limited to air transportation and aviation safety management issues. This research is limited specifically to a safety-based risk management framework for the aviation industry. This research may have social implications as source saving, optimum resource use and capacity building will make a contribution to society and add value besides operational and practical implementation. Social implications This research may contribute to more safe operations and functions in the aviation industry. Originality/value Management and academia may gain considerable support from this research to manage their safety risks via a corporate-tailored risk management framework, both improving resilience and developing corporate capacity. With this model presented, decision-makers will have a guiding structure that can optimally manage the main risk types that may be encountered in the safety risk in the fields of suppliers, manufacturers, demand changes, logistics, information management, environmental, legal and regulatory. Existing studies in the literature are generally in the form of algorithms and cannot be used as a decision-making support tool. This model aims to fill the gap in the literature. In addition, added value may be created by applying this model to optimum management safety risks in the real aviation industry and its related sectors.

Розробка і впровадження нових організаційних структур в публічному секторі

Розробка і впровадження нових організаційних структур в публічному секторі

Blockchain‐Based Governance: Implications for Organizational Boundaries and Structures

AbstractBlockchain has emerged as a key Industry 4.0 technology, enabling novel forms of governance and coordination mechanism among organizations and markets. However, extant literature has largely focused on the technical aspects of blockchain, with limited attention to the behavioural and institutional aspects. In this paper, we argue that blockchain‐based smart contracts and decentralized autonomous organizations represent the potential for a radical departure from traditional forms of contractual governance and hierarchy, carrying profound implications for the design and governance of economic transaction and organizational structures. We elucidate how blockchain technologies, characterized by transparency, immutability, programmability and decentralization, reduce transaction costs and establish an industrialized and trustless transactional governance system. Finally, we present an agenda for future research, highlighting the need for new theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence to understand the impact of blockchain on organizational design and forms.

Experiential learning of management principles via online student‐manager discussions

AbstractThis teaching brief describes an experiential project used in a graduate Principles of Management course for nonbusiness undergraduate students. Groups of four to six first‐year MBA students interviewed a seasoned manager online twice over the 8‐week course and discussed the applications of course material. Project subtopics included an introduction to management, strategic management, ethics and social responsibility, innovation and change management, international business, organizational structure, authority and job design, human resource management, leadership, and communication, operations management, and business analytics. Students completed a group report and an individual reflection on their experience. Over 92% of graduate students in the class indicated that the project was a positive learning activity.

Intelligent Construction of Hospital Management Organization Based on Communication Technology and Information Fusion

With the mature application of 5G communication and the development of artificial intelligence, the deep integration of modern hospital management and information technology has been fully realized. Therefore, this paper explores the organizational structure and system design of our institute and implements the construction and operation of the information system according to the concept of “management institutionalization, organization informatization, and form computerization.” The construction of information management departments was strengthened, the entire 69 information systems with systematic thinking were managed, the dynamic management mechanism of information system operation and maintenance was established, and the fine closed-loop management of hospital processes was realized. The results show that the information system based on institutional management will improve the management efficiency of the hospital and ensure the real-time, accuracy, and security of hospital data information.

Badan Layanan Umum : Sebuah Inovasi Kelembagaan Pemerintahan

BLU (Public Service Agency) is one of the NPM (New Public Management) instruments which has the idea of ??adopting the private sector into the public sector. BLU has a goal to improve services to the community economically, effectively and efficiently by implementing sound business practices and reforming public management that is bureaucratic, inefficient and less service and performance oriented. The focus of this research was carried out at the Padang Pariaman District Health Center which had been inaugurated using PPK-BLUD since the issuance of Padang Pariaman Regent Regulation No. 39 of 2018 concerning Financial Management of Regional Public Service Agencies in December 2018. The purpose of this research is to find out the motives behind the parties involved in disclosing the determination of the status of BLU Puskesmas and to find out the organizational and cultural structure design practices after being designated as BLU Puskesmas. The primary data collection method uses research instruments in the form of field observations and interviews with informants. The results of the study found that the background to the formation of the BLUD puskesmas was due to pressure from the authorities where the puskesmas was sheltered, both internally and externally from the puskesmas, giving rise to various reactions of puskesmas innovations to fulfill better health services from various sides. (2) The form of organizational and cultural structure design practices after being designated as BLUD Puskesmas is the discovery of the concept of private culture for Puskesmas members consisting of professionalism and entrepreneurship, ease of management and financial realization which has an impact on continuity of activities and improvement of service quality as well as guidance and supervision from various parties towards the implementers of the BLUD Puskesmas. However, there are several obstacles, namely multiple positions, the incompatibility of the executor's character with the objectives of the BLU concept and activities that are only carried out for accreditation management formalities and after that are only adjusted.

Diseño de una nueva estructura orgánica de la Corporación Peruana de Aeropuertos y Aviación Comercial S.A. para el logro de plan estratégico

The objective of this research was to determine to what extent the evolution of organizational design allows the achievement of strategic plans in an entity responsible for air transport. This research was applied, descriptive, transversal of correlational design, being the census population 20 directors of CORPAC. The survey technique was used, for which the organizational design questionnaires and the strategic planning questionnaire were adapted. Finally, a relationship was found between the design of a new organizational structure and the achievement of the strategic plan in CORPAC S.A (Rho = 0.802, p = 0.000, alpha = 0.05) meaning that the fulfillment of the strategic plans is linked to a design of a new organizational design. The policy of evolution of organizational designs to achieve the strategic plans that are adjusted annually in the face of changes in the internal and external environment is necessary in terms of the extension of the company that is all of Peru and the realities of airports and air traffic are changing, which makes necessary the change of organizational structure more technically known as organizational design.

Barriers to the adoption of digital servitization: a case of the Sri Lankan manufacturing sector

PurposeThis research aims to identify, examine and evaluate barriers to the adoption of digital servitization in manufacturing firms in the case of the Sri Lankan manufacturing sector and analyze the inter-relationships among digital servitization barriers.Design/methodology/approachBased on the comprehensive literature review, 13 barriers were identified. The grey decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (grey-DEMATEL) approach was used to uncover and analyze the relationships among barriers in terms of their overall influence and dependencies.FindingsA prominent barrier to the success of adopting digital servitization in the Sri Lankan manufacturing sector is the lack of digital strategy in developing activities related to the design of digital service packages, organizational structures and processes. Supply chain integration is the most influential factor, which plays an important role in developing a competitive advantage by encouraging innovation process capabilities in servitized companies.Practical implicationsIndustry practitioners can develop guidelines for adopting digital servitization practices based on the importance and interdependencies of different barriers and thereby prioritize projects within a program of digital servitization adoption in their organizations.Originality/valueResearch studies on barriers to digital servitization are limited to exploratory nature and have adopted mainly the qualitative approach, such as in-depth interviews. No empirical study has investigated the inter-relationships among digital servitization adoption barriers in the manufacturing sector. This study provides a holistic view of different barriers to the adoption of digital servitization in the manufacturing sector as a basis for developing comprehensive digital servitization strategies to manage and leverage complexity in digital transformation.

BEYOND ORGANIC OF MANAGEMENT CONTROL STRUCTURE

The research objective is to find a new management control structure, in addition to the existing models: mechanistic and organic. The approach used is hermeneutic to reinterpret the text of management control structure in the Padang restaurant from the relevant literature. After finding the meaning of the text, then field observations were carried out. All relevant literature is positioned as a neutral text which is then reinterpreted to get the essence of the concept of management control structure. The research finding is the design of the Padang restaurant management control structure is the development of the organic model. Each restaurant branch is an autonomous organizational sub-unit, which includes three main characteristics, first, a horizontal and non-hierarchical organizational structure design, and a strategic business unit character. Managers in each branch are given full authority in making operational decisions of the company, a picture of radical decentralization can be seen. Second, the communication network follows the design rhythm of a flat organizational structure, namely fluid communication, dominated by informal communication. The third is budgeting, which is flexible, that is, there is no conventional budgeting that contains details, but only outlines.

Urban Renewal Design Based on Integration of Database Information under Data Mining

It is necessary to integrate the data reflecting the spatial organization and residents’ behavior characteristics in design of urban space renewal. Accordingly, based on the current principles of urban space design, a design platform for urban space renewal under the background of big data is proposed in this paper. Through the analysis of platform requirements and the design of organizational structure, the information integration of urban spatial database is mainly studied, where the database features are extracted through data mining, and the information entropy detection algorithm is used to implement data clustering, so as to rationally allocate urban spatial information and schedule resources and provide new ideas for urban design.

Evolutionary life cycle of organizations and its intervention in the design of organizational structures

Organizations break overpass their life cycle through different stages, which evidence experiences, failures, learning and knowledge, which accumulate and serve as the basis for the subsequent stages. This is in addition to the interaction with internal and external organizational variables that influence it. In these stages, there is one in which the proposal lies, which suggests that in the stages of development and maturity there is a stage called evolutionary, which at present and given the conditions of competitiveness, innovation, and global markets. Allow organizations, to move from a stage of development to an evolutionary stage in which it continues to develop, and even in the stage of maturity can return to the evolutionary stage and return to development, which leads to a continuous cycle of evolution. This directly affects their organizational structure, which is altered by the change of stages. For the present article, scientific methodologies of induction - deduction and analysis - synthesis were used, as well as documentary and field research to substantiate and demonstrate the existence of the evolutionary stage.

ВОЗМОЖНОСТИ СОЦИОЛОГИЧЕСКОЙ МЕТОДОЛОГИИ В ПРОЕКТИРОВАНИИ МОДЕЛИ ЭФФЕКТИВНОГО ВЗАИМОДЕЙСТВИЯ СЕМЬИ И ШКОЛЫ

The article examines the problems of using sociological methods in the social design of organizational structures that ensure the implementation of the main directions of state youth policy, as well as civil and patriotic education in educational institutions.

Building dynamic capability through sequential ambidexterity: a case study of the transformation of a latecomer firm in China

AbstractSequential ambidexterity is a specific dynamic capability which can play an important role in the technological catch-up of latecomer firms with limited knowledge and resources. Through a longitudinal case study, the trajectory of a latecomer firm's transformation from a generic technology manufacturer to a world-class innovator is analysed. This paper finds that sequential ambidexterity can be the basis of building dynamic capability, which enabled a latecomer to become a market leader through three major transitions. It shows how the building of dynamic capability through sequential ambidexterity is dependent on four mechanisms: senior manager cognition of the environment; organization learning orientation; organization structure design; and process reconfiguration. Building dynamic capability is also dependent on alignment between these mechanisms within the firm. Theoretically, the paper enhances understanding of the micro-foundations of developing dynamic capability through sequential ambidexterity. It also suggests that three contingent dimensions in determining the optimal approach to ambidexterity are: (i) industry leading versus catch-up firms, (ii) the scale of the firm, and (iii) the diversity of the downstream market. Furthermore, the paper provides practical insights for latecomer firms seeking to catch-up with industry leaders.

Relationship of Organizational Factors to the Implementation Minimum Service Standars in Konawe Regency Health Center

Introduction: The initial survey was conducted at 29 Health center in Konawe Regency, it was found that there were several Health center not realizing the overall MSS achievement and there was an accumulation of the average achievement of 12 MSS found in 17 Health center under 80% and all Health center did not implement additional service standards seen from the annual report in Konawe District Health Office. Thus, researchers feel the need to conduct research on the relationship of organizational factors to the implementation of minimum service standards at the Konawe District Health Center.
 Methods: This type of quantitative research has a population of all officers who have roles and responsibilities for the quality of Public health center services by applying Minimum Service Standards in 29 Public health center totaling 174 and a sample of 122 officers.
 Result: Data analysis and obtained the value of X Count or Chi Square 55.03> from 3.84 or X table and the value of Phi 0.695 which means it has a strong relationship.
 Conclusion: There is a strong relationship between organizational factors (Resources, Leadership, Compensation, Organizational Structure and Job Design) and Implementation of Minimum Service Standards.

RSU organizational structure for the Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco

The organizational structure of RSU for the Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco, aims to design the organizational structure that addresses the commitment and social responsibility to the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. To achieve this objective, the theoretical elements of the Organizational design.
 Starting from the fact that the design of an adequate organizational structure contributes to improving competitiveness. In public or private, profit-making or non-profit organizations, it is necessary to define the different functional area that are developed to achieve the objetives established in the design of the internal organizational structure that formally establishes the levels of authority responsibility. The division into functional areas and the design of the structure should be flexible enough to a llow dynamic and project-based management.
 In the samy way, the commitment acquired by the Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco is considered, when obtaining the RSU badge in 2016 and later in 2019 endorses said commitment.

Proposal for an administrative procedures manual with a biosafety approach after Covid-19

The present research seeks to create an organizational structure design for the Restaurant "Mi Galito", to implement sales and distribution strategies in order to contribute in the foundation of solid bases to be able to compete in the current market; due to the current conditions in which the business is found as a result of the pandemic by "Covid-19". Therefore, a descriptive, qualitative-quantitative research was developed with the use of methods in the theoretical order and techniques in the practical order such as interviews and surveys to the main actors involved. As a result, it was found that the business has a high acceptance rate of 90% for the taste of its dishes and with a 100% satisfaction regarding the service, for which the variety of flavors and its low prices are the qualities valued by external customers; also, it was known that the restaurant was not operational during the second quarter of 2020 due to the pandemic that represented a reduction in demand even in the process of reopening. Organizational change due to contingencies in the context makes it imperative to analyze the organizational structure of a business in order to adapt to current demands, obtain profits or survive in the market.

Л. А. Рибалко-Рак, Т. О. Гусаковська, Н. Л. Кужель РОЗРОБКА І ВПРОВАДЖЕННЯ СИСТЕМИ МЕНЕДЖМЕНТУ ЯКОСТІ НА ПІДПРИЄМСТВІ: ОБҐРУНТУВАННЯ ПРОЕКТНОГО ПІДХОДУ НА ОСНОВІ ДІАГРАМИ К. ІСІКАВИ

The purpose of the article is to substantiate the project approach to the development and implementation of quality management system in the enterprise based on the diagram of K. Isikawa. Methodology of research. The solution of the goal set in the research was carried out with the help of the following general scientific methods and research methods: analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction – to detail the object and subject of research; scientific abstraction – to establish the causes, factors and consequences of research; integrated and systematic approach – to build a diagram of K. Isikawa; logical analysis – to formulate research conclusions. Findings. The article substantiates the project approach to the development and implementation of quality management system in the enterprise through the construction of K. Isikawa's diagram, which is due to the innovative time requirement for the modernization of management systems based on the concept of total quality. The project model of formation of the quality management system at the enterprise is developed, the causal interrelations between factors and consequences at acceptance of administrative decisions within the project concerning development and introduction of the quality management system at the enterprise are defined. The causal model of development and implementation of the quality management system at the enterprise included the following components: project justification block, organizational structure design block, preliminary enterprise monitoring unit, end-to-end monitoring of the enterprise activity unit, enterprise personnel training unit, enterprise quality guidelines , block of implementation of the quality management system at the enterprise, block of audit of activity of the enterprise, block of certification of the quality management system of the enterprise, block of development and improvement of the quality management system of the enterprise. Practical value. K. Isikawa's diagram schematically visualizes the main cause-and-effect relationships between factors and consequences of the research problem – the development and implementation of a quality management system at the enterprise, which significantly increases the effectiveness of such a project. The study identifies meaningful relationships between the factors that have the most significant impact on the process of forming a quality management system in the enterprise.