084 organization of project participants
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Organization of project participantsControl method Organization starts to grow, in order to
undertake more project. As a result, the company starts to
employ more people. The control of manpower becomes more
complex. It becomes necessary to divide responsibilities between people.
Organization of project participantsWhen deciding the range of a particular span ofControl Consideration should be given to following
factors: The amount of time is required to make a
decision; and give guidance to people below; How fast the people below will receive the
message. The complexity and variety of responsibilities
concerned.
Organization of project participants The characteristic of the management team
will influence the overall success or failure.These are factors such as: educational background leadership style etc In a one man company, all the activities, often
is concentrated in one person. As the company grows, the director or
directors start to divide responsibilities among others.
Organization of project participants The most practical division is to start to
form specialist operations. The directors perhaps will act as general
managers. There should also be sufficient grouping
of ancillary functions. Fig-1 shows the activities within a firm
GeneralManager
Finance Design Production Marketing
Office Development
Personnel Purchasing Maintenance
Operatives Operatives Operatives Operatives Operatives
Organization of project participants With further extension and taking more
staff, each main function must be sub-divided, Personnel into staff areas such as: training, safety, etc Fig-2 shows the expansion of sub-
division,
Organization of project participants
PersonnelDepartment
Staff Welfare Safety Training Operatives
Organization of project participants As the organization grow further, it might
become necessary to open branch offices in different locations.
Overall responsibilities for certain functions may be retained at the head office.
Other functions reproduced at each branch.
PersonnelDepartment
CivilEngineering Housing Building
Repairs andMaintenance
PlanningDepartment
SiteManagement
PlanningDepartment
SiteManagement
PlanningDepartment
SiteManagement
PlanningDepartment
SiteManagement
Organization of project participants
Finance Design Production Marketing
Office ConstructionTeam
Office ConstructionTeam
SectionManager
SectionManager
Organization of project participants The simplest form of organizational
structure is called the military pattern. There is a direct line of authority from
manager to workforce. Fig-4 shows the structural lines of
authority of a small firm. The disadvantages are:
Organization of project participants1. The manager’s rule will become
weakened if the chain is too long.2. The reporting back to manager will be
slower.3. since no one within chain of commend
can be by-passed.
Organization of project participants
DirectorProject managers
Site Engineers
General foramen
Workmen