DEVELOPING APPROPRIATE CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTH

There are many conceptual models for creating organization effectiveness and growth. However, in this article I am going to concentrate on a few. The following conceptual models can be helpful in developing the right conceptual model for your organization, creating the right specifics of your workplace, and your personal productivity approach:

1.     Understand organizational growth circles: It can be argued that growing organizations move through six relative periods of evolution, each which ends with a crises and revolution period. To explore more on this topic Greiners’ theory of organizational growth circle and the impact it has on employees, management and leadership skills will be of great help.

2.     Implement Productivity Goal Congruence: This is a situation where organizational goals are shared by all in a mutually beneficial manner. The degree of integration is determined by extent to which individual employees and groups within the organization perceived their own goals as being satisfied by the accomplishment of organizational goals.

3.     Management planning and control systems: A control systems is necessary in any organization in which the activities of different divisions, departments, sections and units are effectively and efficiently coordinated and controlled.

4.     Organization and system design and analysis: The open system approach is very helpful in this regard. One of the way you can gain competitive advantage is to build high and effieicient systems. Any employee that gets recruited into the business knows exactly how to produce according to the laid down standards of the organization because of the presence of a good system.

5.     Self evaluation/Assessment: Effective self evaluation and assessment exercise is fundamental in achieving organizational growth. Therefore, you must put in place a procedure for self evaluation and assessment. This will enable you to know and monitor your performance.

6.     Ensure Personal effectiveness and productivity time management: Personal effectiveness is imperative for organizational growth. Every individual within the business must put in their best efforts to realize business growth and profit maximization. All these should be done taking into proper consideration effective utilization of time.

7.     Office and Staff productivity: Find out the productivity of all departments within your organization. Find out which staff is producing and which is lacking behind and why. This information will help in structuring your business for optimum profitability. A combination of productive staffs and productive departments within an organization results in organizational growth.

I hope these few points help in developing the right conceptual model for organizational growth. Consistently apply them and see your business take a new dimension of effectiveness and efficiency.

See you at the top!