Written by Hamid Atharinejad
If the necessary evaluations for achieving the qualitative and quantitative goals of the organization formation yield satisfactory results, the next step is to consider the personnel organizational structure plan as one of the foundations for project implementation.
The idea of a standard structure that encompasses the needs of all organizations is a misconception.
For designing the structure, the first and most fundamental step is to anticipate the operational processes according to the predicted characteristics needed to achieve the organization's goals.
This feature can include:
If the organization is a manufacturing company: production is based on customer orders or mass production; it is single-product manufacturing or product diversity is anticipated; sales are conducted through direct retail channels or via distribution through representatives; raw materials are sourced domestically or internationally; and product delivery is at the origin or the destination.
All these characteristics, and possibly other aspects of the processes, require the organizational structure to be designed based on them.
If the organization is a service organization:
The services offered may require in-person visits or be delivered online through cloud platforms. Is the goal to sell services or to support specific services? What is the geographical scope of service delivery? To provide satisfactory services, the organization may need to update the expertise of its specialists. All these characteristics, along with other possible factors that may create specific conditions within the organization, can be essential factors in designing an appropriate organizational structure to cover the intended processes.
This article was presented solely to convey that each organization, depending on the nature of its activities, requires adherence to a structure that can comprehensively encompass all necessary processes.
Naturally, delving into the details of the discussion requires sufficient time and space, which may necessitate drawing conclusions from examining each project individually.