Any management decision should be based not only on the practical experience acquired by the managers of this company, but also on theoretical foundations, which should also be correctly applied in real activities. The laws of the organization are one of the most important issues covered in management textbooks, which should be known to every manager striving to increase the effectiveness of the organization.
Of course, management decisions can be taken to a whole new level. To do this, you need to know how the general laws of the organization behave in practice, namely:
1. The law of composition.
All efforts, actions, even desires within the company should be aimed at achieving the goal that is dominant. No subordinate goal should contradict it. To facilitate the task of reflecting the prospects of the company, a goal tree is used (a tree graph - this name is also found in the literature).
At the head is a strategic goal, the achievement of which is facilitated by one that is one notch. Crushing can be performed multiple times, it all depends, for example, on the size of the company.
Trees are also constructed that reflect the competitiveness of specific departments, departments, a particular product being produced; its profitability and so on.
2. The law of proportionality.
It is based on a certain ratio of parts within the whole, between which there are various patterns. If an incorrect ratio is observed within the whole, then this state of affairs is called an imbalance.
3. The laws of organization theory include another interesting component - the law of the least.
Its essence is that the stability of the entire system is due to the stability of its most “fragile” component. An elementary example - the strength of a chain depends on the strength of the weakest link; the speed of the squadron is equal to the speed with which the slowest ship in it moves. And what about the laws of the organization, in this case - the smallest, connected with practice? It’s very simple - the success of a company directly depends on how different elements keep up with each other - departments, departments, and so on.
4. The law of ontogenesis explains that all stages of the organization’s life cycle are interconnected, from the moment of creation to destruction.
5. The law of synergy.
A synergistic effect is the gap between the sum of the properties of a system and the sum of the properties of all its components. With effective functioning, the first indicator should exceed the second.
6. The law of ordering states that one of the most important indicators of the effectiveness of the functioning of the system is the smoothness of the channels of information flow inside it.
Consider the latter in the list, but not by significance, of the laws of organization theory.
7. The law of unity of analysis and synthesis.
Analysis is separation, synthesis is association. The first explores the organization from the outside, the second from the inside.
Any company must quickly adapt to changes in the market, and therefore, restructure, if necessary, the structure in order to transition to an economical mode of operation.
8. The law of self-preservation.
Any system seeks to remain in its integral state and spend the available resources more economically.
The laws of the organization 1-4 most often refer to the static state of the organization. Going further - to the dynamic.
Thus, the general laws of the organization are very important for managers at all levels to understand, since without knowing what stage the company is currently at, what goals it is pursuing, you cannot plan and forecast, which, in turn, is necessary for to determine further development prospects.
The laws of the organization in practice have different implementations, but knowledge of the theoretical base will certainly be a good assistant tool in the hands of an effective manager.