and intends to demonstrate the team-orientation to the operation of the business Some business prepare an inverted organisational chart with senior management at the bottom of the chart and a pyramid of lower-level managers, supervisors and other employees shown rising up from them and showing at the top This is intended to indicate that it is the staff who are the ‘Customers’ keys to the organisation and that management exists to support their endeavours as opposed to traditional organisational charts. – Class Activity Handouts – Trainer obtains a of different organisational charts and different types of organisational charts and: Distributes same to trainees Discusses same with the reference to: Positions identified Relationships between positions Terminology used Number of positions identified of authority and communication shown. Slide No Trainer Notes Trainer explains organisational charts can be imperfect because: Businesses often change their workforce structure but forget to update their organisational chart to reflect these changes meaning: It is often out-of-date People have little faith in something that is partially quite obviously wrong Workers do not like been depicted as below management where a – structure is used The lines of communication indicated by the organisational chart are always compromised by the (see later slide) – ‘Grapevine’ The lines of authority shown on the chart are not always complied with – because adhering to them would take too long to make decisions that are required immediately No can ever reflect the dynamic nature and personal working relationships that exist in any workplace the lines shown on a chart can never illustrate the – level of cooperation between two positions or departments. Slide Slide No Trainer Notes
and intends to demonstrate the team-orientation to the operation of the business Some business prepare an inverted organisational chart with senior management at the bottom of the chart and a pyramid of lower-level managers, supervisors and other employees shown rising up from them and showing ‘Customers’ at the top This is intended to indicate that it is the staff who are the keys to the organisation and that management exists to support their endeavours – as opposed to traditional organisational charts. Class Activity – Handouts Trainer obtains a of different organisational charts and different types of organisational charts and: Distributes same to trainees Discusses same with the reference to: Positions identified Relationships between positions Terminology used Number of positions identified of authority and communication shown. Slide No Trainer Notes Trainer explains organisational charts can be imperfect because: Businesses often change their workforce structure but forget to update their organisational chart to reflect these changes meaning: It is often out-of-date People have little faith in something that is partially quite obviously wrong Workers do not like been depicted as below management – where a structure is used The lines of communication indicated by the organisational chart are always compromised – by the ‘Grapevine’ (see later slide) The lines of authority shown on the chart are not always complied with – because adhering to them would take too long to make decisions that are required immediately No can ever reflect the dynamic nature and personal working relationships that exist in any workplace – the lines shown on a chart can never illustrate the level of cooperation between two positions or departments. Slide Slide No Trainer Notes