以下是引用jacky1986在2007-10-11 19:59:00的发言: Organizations should be structured in a
clear hierarchy in which the people at each level, from top to bottom, are held
accountable for completing a particular component of the work. Any other
organizational structure goes against human nature and will ultimately prove
fruitless
Organization…… (重复题目)To some extent, I agree with
the author’s general assertion that a clear hierarchy is good for an
organization. However, the author extends this board (broad) assertion to an irreversible
extreme while overlooks other compelling factors that may effect the issue. On
balance, my points with the agreement and contention with the author involve
the fundamental and deep analysis discussed below.
In the first place, as a basic element for
an organization a clear hierarchy helps the executing(execution) of a plan or a task. In
general, we can see the importance of the hierarchy structure from the fact
that all the companies in the world may have a long or short hierarchy. The
trend of adopting a short and flat hierarchy by more and more companies
suggests that organizations prefer a clear hierarchy in favor of efficiency. In
some companies, such as Carrefour and Wal-Mart, organizations are structured in
an extremely short and flat hierarchy to encourage competing in the same level
and accelerate the process of executing a certain task.
(go deeper into the cases of C and W)
In the second place, the short and flat
hierarchy makes an organization more flexible when the market changes. The
longer the hierarchy in an organization, the slower the organization responds to
the changes in the market. As the typical of a long hierarchy, the governments
in some countries implement a certain plan or policy in a long long term. To
solve some social problems, the procedures may have the pool for the problem, then
the first process to research by the first level(specify your wording would be much better), then again the second process
to research by the second level, then the third, the fourth. It takes one or
two months for short or one or two years for long to carry out a policy while
the social problem may have changed during the same period. If there are only
three or four levels in the government organization, the policy will be more
pointed and be carried out in a short time.
Admittedly, the long hierarchy is needed for
the accuracy of the outcome in some important circumstances such as the policy
aimed to change the economic system of a country, or the plan of a certain
company for the development of the future(next) 10 years. In other circumstances, the
short and flat hierarchy, in other words the clear hierarchy, is strongly suggested
for a company in a competitive and fast-changing global market today.
In
conclusion, considering the market and the society nowadays are fast-changing,
I suggest a clear hierarchy for the most organizations and governments.