Top Ten Management on Organizing: An Overview of The Importance of Organizational Tactics

This overview of organizing was prepared by Casey Hebert while an Accounting major in the College of Business at Southeastern Louisiana University.


Introduction
One key point in a manager’s position is to have the ability to organize. Organization is being able to determine how, why, and who should do a task. It also refers to keeping documents and statements for the business readily available and easy to read.


The Idea in a Nutshell
Organizing is the ability to have logic behind why and how a task is performed. Organization began with the start of written communication. As humans, we are always trying to organize our lives. Organization is a simple task to perform in order to figure out and complete a much more complex problem.



The Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Organizing
1. The first thing a business should do in organizing itself is to write out a mission statement, the concept of the business, and what the vision is for the future. By doing this, all decisions can be based on these already set goals.

2. Any form of organization is to lead to a specific goal or endpoint. Once the endpoint is decided, it takes organization to figure out the best way to reach that goal.

3. The term organization, to mean the actual business, comes from the fact of having individuals working together with their own duties in order to achieve a working goal.


4. When organizing people to perform a task, a manager should first figure out the employees’ specializations. This way, when delegating certain jobs, people can work on what they do best, in turn getting the job done faster and more precise.

5. Organizing a task can cut down losses for a business. If a job is done twice or not completed correctly due to confusion, this can cost the business money. By organizing, there should be no confusion.

6. Organizing is a way to make sure no one person has too much to do. When a task is organized, it is easier to see who should be doing what. If more workload is on a single person than necessary, then it is easier to notice and reassign jobs.

7. When working in a cluttered space, workers feel more stress and more useless. When a space is organized and free of distractions, more efficient work can be done. This also can lead to more pleasant coworkers around the office.

8. Properly organizing task should cut down on overtime hours or take-home work. If task are properly delegated, then enough time should be given to each worker to complete the task. If too much overtime hours are being used, the work may not properly be organized.

9. When organizing is done correctly, accountability becomes easier to manage. If a job is not done correctly, knowing specifically who to talk to about the problem saves time and stress rather than having to question people or investigate who did wrong.

10. A way of organizing a business is by departmentalizing. This is putting workers in actual departments and that department working on a specific job. Part of delegating would be putting someone in charge of each department and that person would then in change give each person in the department an even more specific job.


My Take
Organizing is definitely still an important part of Management. Without some sort of organization, no task would ever get completed. I was an assistant manager of a retail store for three years, and I remember everyday going into work and seeing what workers I had coming in so I could figure out who would do what when they got to work. It stops a lot of confusion and also cuts out a lot of hanging out time that could be used to work and achieve the goal of the business.
At my job I have currently, I work at a desk and have a basket which other employees drop lots of papers into while I am not there. When I come into work I could either start working from the top of the basket, or take time to organize what is actually in the basket and see what needs to be done first. I have definitely learned from experience that organizing is crucial in getting work done.


References
Kurtus, Ron. (2000, February 14). Organizing your business. Retrieved from http://www.school-for-champions.com/business/organize.htm.
Organizing. (2010). Wikipedia. Retrieved (2010, June 14) from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizing.

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Contact Info: To contact the author of “Top Ten Management on Organizing,” please email casey.hebert@selu.edu.

BIOGRAPHY
David C. Wyld (dwyld.kwu@gmail.com) is the Robert Maurin Professor of Management at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana. He is a management consultant, researcher/writer, and executive educator. His blog, Wyld About Business, can be viewed at http://wyld-business.blogspot.com/. He also maintains compilations of his student’s publications regarding book reviews (http://wyld-about-books.blogspot.com/) and international foods (http://wyld-about-food.blogspot.com/).


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Top Ten Management on Managing Change and Innovation: An Overview of Techniques for Reducing Resistance to Change

This overview of Managing Change and Innovation was prepared by Blake Phillips while a Management major in the College of Business at Southeastern Louisiana University.


Introduction
This article was produced to educate managers about techniques that can be used to reduce an employee’s resistance to change. Managers should use these techniques to provide support to an employee who may be having troubles coping with changing times within an organization.


The Idea in a Nutshell
Humans do not like change. Change causes uncertainty, disruption of habits, and concerns for personal loss. Change can bring challenges upon managers while trying to keep employees in order. Employees who frequently encounter change are more apt to lose motivation in performing task or believe that the change is not in the best interest of the organization. The techniques for reducing resistance to change are the manager’s tools to keep the organization up and running.



The Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Techniques for Reducing Resistance to Change
1. Education- This can be done by one-to-one discussions, group meetings, or reports. It is critical that employees know how the change will affect the organization.

2. Participation- Allow those who oppose to the change to provide their ideas in the decision making process. This can help employees show that they have expertise to make meaningful contributions. Employee involvement can reduce the resistance to change and perhaps increase motivation while accomplishing task.


3. Facilitation- Provide skills training, or paid leave of absence. Although this technique can be time consuming and expensive, it will provide the employee with a greater feeling of worth within the company.

4. Support- Provide supportive efforts such as counseling or therapy, new skills training. Allow the employee to know that someone is there to help them and that they are not alone while coping with change.

5. Manipulation- This is a method of influencing employees by twisting or distorting certain facts, withholding damaging information, or creating false rumors. This method is inexpensive and when used ethically, it can be an easy way to gain support from resistors.

6. Co-optation- This is a strategy of manipulation and participation. Influence the employee to feel that he/she is part of a group effort to increase the employees desire to succeed.

7. Selecting People Who Accept Change- The ability to accept and adapt to change can be found in an employee’s personality. People who are open to experience and challenges can be beneficial to an organizations future.

8. Coercion- Using direct threats or forces to change an employee’s attitude and increase motivation. A threat to terminate an employee’s job can open the employee’s eyes to see that they must work harder to keep their desired position within an organization.

9. Recognition- Give credit where credit is due. Recognition from a person of higher authority can increase an employee’s condition of worth and thus possibly leading to the employee accepting new challenges to gain further recognition.

10. Communication- Communicate with employees to see the logic of change. This is appropriate if resistance is contributed to misinformation or poor communication.




My Take
I feel that managers must use these techniques to keep the organization moving along and to help cope with changing times. Sometimes a change is needed, other times change just happens. To some people, just the thought of change can lead to loss of motivation, feelings of uneasiness, or lead to loss of commitment to an organization. The techniques listed above are the tools managers must use to diminish employee resistance as much as possible. Without committed and motivated employees, organizations will never reach their full potential.


References
Coulter, M., & Robbins, S. P. (2009). Management. Techniques for Reducing Resistance to Change, 265.
Blanchard, K. (2008, May 7). Change Management.
Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-SoMlEIBr4


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Contact Info: To contact the author of “Top Ten Management on Managing Change and Innovation” please email Blake Phillips at Blake.Phillips@selu.edu or Blakep06@yahoo.com.


BIOGRAPHY
David C. Wyld (dwyld.kwu@gmail.com) is the Robert Maurin Professor of Management at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana. He is a management consultant, researcher/writer, and executive educator. His blog, Wyld About Business, can be viewed at http://wyld-business.blogspot.com/. He also maintains compilations of his student’s publications regarding book reviews (http://wyld-about-books.blogspot.com/) and international foods (http://wyld-about-food.blogspot.com/).


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