When can Work Structuring help?
When a company is running inefficiently, feels bogged down in bureaucracy, or is getting lost in the minutia.
- Work Structuring will refocus the organisation on its core purpose and align all activities, (work processes, information flows, workgroups, management, support functions, technology resources), such that they work together to common effect.
When a company recognises the need to reorganise but is unsure how to go about it.
- Work Structuring can help by mapping the organisation and then, using tools and techniques, restructure and harmonise in a methodical way using a process that justifies and explains the approach.
When individual initiatives have been tried, but they have only resolved part of the problem.
- This commonly occurs because all activities within a business are interconnected and any change in one has an effect on all the others. The holistic approach of Work Structuring considers the connections between various activities as well as the activities themselves.
When process engineering has been tried, but it is not working optimally.
- Work Structuring will harmonise and align workgroups, management and organisational structure around the core delivery process.
When company overheads have been reduced as far as possible but further cost reduction is required.
- Frequently cost reductions are made by removing ‘one off’ costs or by cutting in the easiest place. Work Structuring enables efficiency gains throughout the organisation, by ensuring all activities work smoothly together as well as being effective individually.
When a company needs to restructure after acquisition or merger.
- Work Structuring provides a step by step approach to design the optimum structure for the new integrated business.
When a company is keen to demonstrate an ethical approach to cost cutting.
- Sometimes it can be difficult to justify cost cutting decisions, other than 'it was the easiest thing to do'. Work Structuring is based on sound principles and proven methodology providing detailed justification for all decisions.
When a small company is keen to expand but is unsure how to ensure the growing organisation remains efficient.
- The complete Work Structuring methodology may not be appropriate, but developing an understanding of the principles will enable expansion to occur in a structured, effective way.
When a small or fledgling company is struggling to deliver its vision.
- Work Structuring explains how a business can be understood and described as a complex system. The fundamental attributes of a healthy system can be applied to a small company in a less formal, but equally effective way.
