Introduction
An organization is a social arrangement of a group of people who are unified under a given objective. An organization therefore involves activities that are geared towards its goals and whose results can be used to rate the performance of that particular organization.
This paper seeks to investigate ways in which a management can improve the performance of an organization. The paper will look into a case review and use it to illustrate ways in which a manager can enhance the performance of an organization.
Case Review
Improvements in organizational management are identified to follow adoption of certain methods of administration. Whether in government ministries or in private sectors, the overall structure of an organization together with the capacities of the individuals given the task to manage such an organization plays a crucial role in the level of performance that the organization registers.
It is for this reason that recommendation is made for the management duties of an organization to be delegated to individual technocrats that include specialists. The identified individuals are then incorporated into the organization as board of directors to oversee and control the operations of the organization.
An established board of directors is then mandated to formulate policies for the organization and subsequently monitor the implementation of such policies to ensure that performance of individual employees and that of the organization as a whole is improved. This is attained in two stages.
The first stage involves the outlaying of goals and specified strategies to attaining those goals while the second stage is concerned with the actual administration into the attainment of the set objectives.
At this level, the board makes provisions for management and defines rules that guide operations in the organization. Such regulations are the guidelines into the desired improvement in performance (Case Study 2).
In their operations, the board of directors of an organizations, which is the executive arm of the organization, determines feasibilities of proposed programs through extensive consultations with experts and determines the best approaches for implementation of approved programs.
The directors are in addition supposed to have continuous forums with experts for suggestions and opinions. The adoption of this form of administration will save an organization from lack of or disrupted continuity that will consequently affect the level of performance; such disruptions are witnessed when the administration is centered on an individual person (Case Study 2).
Analysis
The basis of success of any organization is its investment to “strategic thinking” which is then relayed to different departments in an organization’s structure. It is the strategic thinking in an organization that will determine its culture and hence its performance level.
An organization’s main plan that defines operations in the entity will, for example, align the organization into a given performance level. Elements such as monitoring and evaluation of an organization’s activities and structuring the organization into teams are also tools to checking on the performance (HVS 16).
According to Swanson and Richard, the main step to improving an organization’s performance is the analysis of elements of the organization such as its culture, employees, machineries and improvement trends among others.
Once such analysis has been undertaken, appropriate measures are taken depending on the organization’s administrative structure to ensure that appropriate measures are implemented for the attainment of desired performance goals (Swanson 400).
Conclusion
Improving an organization’s performance calls for the existence of an efficient management system that can make informed decisions regarding operations and management. A continuous such management can be ensured by an established board of directors that forms a continuous administrative system contrary to a management system that is centered on individuals.
Works Cited
Case Study. Management. Case Study, n.d. Class Notes. Print.
HVS. Improving organizational performance. HVS, 2001. Web.
Swanson, Richard. Analysis for Improving Performance: Tools for Diagnosing Organizations and Documenting Workplace Expertise: Easyread Large Edition. San Francisco, CA: Cengage, 2009. Print.