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Unit
9 Journal
A Consulting Firm’s Lost Paradise:
You read about and practiced with various
concepts regarding organizational structure and culture which affect employee
behavior and success. Read the scenario carefully and provide your response regarding
the organizational structure and culture in the fictional organization provided
below.
Scenario (fictional):
An industry consulting firm has the following
structure and culture:
All the employees at this consulting firm work
full-time. All the full-time consultant’s report to various industry directors
depending on the industry contract. The company employees work mostly from home
with directors or consultants renting temporary office space with or without
videoconferencing when needed for either client meetings or vendor meetings.
The company is very successful and has an expanding client base.
The company CEO is extremely relaxed and
extremely smart and expects everyone at the company to display a relaxed yet
expert demeanor as well. There really are very few rules or expectations at the
company as the CEO also believes in keeping processes very simple.
The previous president retired about six
months ago, and the CEO, together with a human resources firm, hired a new
president. About two months ago the company’s employees (i.e., consultants)
started receiving emails from the new president putting pressure on all of them
to produce results in less time but pressuring them to charge the clients
higher sums without making any more money for themselves. In addition, the new
president wants the staff to come into the office now three times a week for
meetings. Three months ago the new president hired thirty new full-time
consultants that seem more like salespersons than consultants to existing
employees. A few of the long-time consultants have been emailing the CEO about
these changes and suggesting they may go elsewhere. In the meantime, the
Finance Director has detected several anomalies in the contract terms and
financial results from some of the new consultants and one or two of the
existing consultants.
·
Describe the
organizational structure at this consulting firm and how it affects employee
behavior.
·
Describe how the
changes to the organization’s culture might affect employee behavior.
·
Provide a recommendation
for any adjustments you think need to be made at this organization based on the
Reading and explain why.
After checking your spelling and grammar,
upload your minimum 250-word response in a WordⓇ document to the
Unit 9 Journal Dropbox. Be sure to use APA format (i.e., 12-point Times New
Roman font, double spacing, and 1 inch margins).
Disclaimer: The
organization and characters depicted in this exercise are fictional. Any
resemblance to real organizations or individuals is purely coincidental.