The stated opinion is that the most effective way for manager to assign work is to divide complex tasks into their simpler component parts. While I agree that such strategy may be effective in some cases, it is hasty to say that this way is applicable to all situations.
It is true that dividing complex tasks into parts can bring about some desired results to businesses. First, through distributing tasks to several teams, the goal of each team becomes more unambiguous and the responsibility of each member more clear. Second, distinct divisions make manager easier to catalog detailer statistics and detect the potential and occurred problems. Third dividing the tasks into parts stimulates the internal competition among different teams; such competitions sometimes help improve the productivity of the company.
But there are two sides to every story. On some occasions, such way may bring some unexpected consequences to businesses. First, unless the company has established an effective internal communication channel, the company’s teams might not share their communal information and thus each team has to grope on the way of research independently. Moreover, over diversified goals might make each team lose the principle goal of the whole organization. In other words, under such strategy the teams may confuse the goals of tasks and the real mission of the organization. Finally, internal competitions stimulated by the dividing tasks probably lead to internal conflictions and thus stagnate the company’s productivity.
Though there are more and more enterprises selecting the fat organization construction and dividing tasking into simpler component parts, the trend itself cannot improve that this way is effective in all cases. It is obviously that this way must be based on a developed control system and perfect communication channels to avoid unnecessary waste triggered by disorders among diversified divisions.
In conclusion, referring to the title statement, I believe that the final judgment should depend on a case-by-case analysis of advantages and disadvantages. Not all company will benefit from such strategy.
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