JCK Organizational Chart

Individual Assignment - Find an organizational structure on a company website. Compare it to the ten diagrams in the previous activity. Describe the structure using appropriate business vocabulary.

The organizational chart JCK shows a centralized structure with the partners in the middle of the organization chart. The commands always originate from the centre as the partners are always the one who decide which staff to delegate the task to. Delegation also occurs in that each of the partners directly supervises specific departments. This arrangement helps to clarify the lines of communication, chain of command and accountability for the performance of each department. Overall, JCK is a tall organization with five hierarchal levels, even for a relatively small organization. This contributes to a smaller span of control which can be seen as each management level has at most three subordinates who are under their direct management. Since the jobs are typically not that difficult or complicated, most staff can work independently on one job. Occasionally, there are some bigger jobs which require collaboration between a staff and a supervisor, explaining the arrangement of only one staff under one supervisor/assistant manger in the Accounting and Comsec department.

There is also evidence of delayering and downsizing in the organization. In the audit and trading department, the staff is directly under the manager because the intermediate levels of supervisor were removed. This helps to speed up communication between management levels. Although the organizational chart shows a centralized structure, the consultancy department does take on some qualities of a matrix structure. Since the consultancy department does not have staff of its own or have any specific or defined product, it pulls staff from various departments to work on the specific job at hand. This allows for a flexible project team that plays to JCK’s strengths since it has staff specializing in many different areas.

Interview result has informed me that the organizational chart already represents the “official” structure of the organization. Often, staff report directly to managers for jobs that require special attention or even directly to a partner. Even with the existing delegation of departments among the partners, partners will cross their jurisdiction to work with staff on special jobs that involve multiple departments. In conclusion,