Church Leadership Organizational Communication
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Evaluate a current organizational structure and recommend structural changes that can help address the concerns the organization identified regarding collaboration, communication, and autonomy.
Scenario
You work for an organization that has traditionally been very formalized, and managers have had a very broad span of control over direct reports from multiple departments and functions. This worked well in the past; managers were able to oversee a high number of direct reports because there were many rules and regulations dictating how their work should be performed. However, there were downsides. Employee talent was underused, and there wasn't a strong team culture, as most work was done independently according to standard operating processes.
Recently, the organization has been shifting to less formalized working structures to support more creative, innovative work and provide employees with more autonomy. While employees are happy with the purpose of these new changes, managers are feeling overwhelmed, and employees are feeling under supported. This has impacted function-specific work the most, because in the past, managers didn't need to understand in-depth, function-specific tasks (such as the technical aspects of graphic design work or the intricacies of project management). Instead, they had the ability to rely on rules, regulations, and standard operating processes. Employees have also noticed a lack of communication around current projects, which has led to a lack of updated information and duplicated work across management teams.
You have been asked to work with the human resources department to recommend a new organizational structure that addresses these identified management and communication concerns.
Prompt
• Updated Organizational Structure Chart: Create an updated organizational structure chart that addresses management and communication concerns.
• Explanation of Changes: Explain your reasoning for why you made the changes you did to the company's organizational structure. Include how your changes differ from the original and why you believe they would benefit the organization.
• Impact on Organizational Communication: Describe the impact these changes will have on the company's overall organizational communication.
• Impact on Team Communication: Describe the impact these changes will have on the company's overall team communication and reporting structure.
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Solution Summary
The solution provides information and guidance in tackling the task (see above) of putting together a paper that looks into organizational communication issues and changes. Exemplified here is a small church and includes a sample organizational chart. Resources are listed for further exploration of the topic. A Word-version is attached.
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Dear Student,
Hi and thank you for using Brainmass. The solution below should get you started. In this particular task, you are asking for help in putting together a discussion on the topic of Organizational structures. I suggest using this simple outline:
1. Updated Organizational Structure Chart - table
2. Explanation of Changes - 150 words
3. Impact on Organizational Communication - the way communication works, 150 words
4. Impact on Team Communication - overall team communication and reporting structure - 150 words
5. Resources
This outline should up to 500 words. You can use the listed resources to further explore the topic. You can also use the feedback section if you need further clarification. A word version is attached.
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AE 105878/Xenia Jones
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Organizational Structure: Communication
New Chart/New Functions
The church I am a part of has recently decided to innovate the manner of information flow and pastoral strategies of the church even though it still follows a simple hierarchical template (Magdalein 2018). This is due to findings from a recent survey - that the church members find the more formal manner of communication with church leaders to be barriers in reaching out to them. Additionally, church members find it difficult to reach out to other members because of what seems to be a 'too formal' setting in the church. Members suggested informal spaces where they can congregate in the church's campus and grounds so they can talk to each other and create bonds to give members and the church a 'real community'. As such, a simple organizational chart has been designed below with the addition of Mentors/Guides under the Youth ...
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- BA, University of the Philippines
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