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Organizations have tried several different approaches for creating an organizational structure that supports collaboration between the risk management and quality management departments. Which structure do you think would be most effective? Should the departments be combined? Should each department have a manager that reports to the same director? Is there a better alternative? Be sure to explain your answer.

Solution

The most effective organization structure to facilitate co-operation among the risk management and quality management department is to have a matrix organization structure with the organization structured as a project organization and people from different departments being deputed for project purposes and collaborating on the project and reporting to the project head for administrative purpose and reporting to their departmental heads for functional purpose.

This was the value adds from both the departments could be used and leveraged to complete the project in the best manner possible without having any conflict between departments.

The suggestion about combining the department is not feasible and also not a good option for the smooth functioning of the department as it would lessen the autonomy of both the functions.

The suggestion of departments having a manager with a common supervisor in the form of a director is akin to having representative from both these departments working in a project mode through a matrix structure. It is this very structure which is the most favorable because of its flexibility as well as the ability to preserve functional individuality while contributing fruitfully to the project and the organization as a whole.