Essay - Organizational Structure Making Changes to an Organizations' Structure Organization's Structures...

Organizational Structure

Making Changes to an Organizations' Structure

Organization's structures reflect the cultures of the enterprises they have been created to support (Peterson, Anand, 2004). Included in these organizational ***** are processes, systems, procedures and approaches to work that tend to strengthen and validate the norms, values and culture ***** the organization. As a result, norms, values and conformity set into an org*****izational culture, often through structural constraints as well (Tellis, Prabhu, Chandy, 2009). To change an organization's structure therefore requires a ***** to its culture *****o. This is no e*****sy task, and in fact is often fought by those resistant to any change to the status quo of their organization (Flanagan, Runde, 2009) as they see ***** as a thre*****t to ***** status and responsibilities.

Changing an org*****izational structure ***** entails changing an org*****izational culture first. The most successful approaches to completing a change to an organizational culture include senior executives ***** the CEO level endorsing a more customer-centric vision which often lead to debate of just what "customer centric" is and how it can be applied to a comp*****ny (*****, Runde, 2009). This conflict over change is actually very productive as it forces innovation into cultures (Flanagan, Runde, *****). The bottom line is that ***** *****s can be *****d, and it often takes a CEO to bring lasting and significant ***** ***** *****ir company as ***** *****. From being more *****-centered (Peterson, Anand, 2004) to embracing the need for greater innovation (Tellis, Prabhu, Chandy, 2009) organizational structures can change as the underlying ***** do. It takes exceptional effort *****ever and ***** an external set of circumstances to force change over time.

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Gerard J *****, Jaideep C Prabhu, Rajesh K *****. (2009). Radical Innovation Across Nations: ***** Preeminence of *****orporate Culture. Journal of Marketing, 73(1), 3. Retrieved January 27, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Global database. (Document ID: