Essay About Major Mistake And Real Life Organization

Organizatonal Analysis
ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS
Organizational analysis is a concept far more complex than its name suggests,
this is one of the many lessons I learnt on our first practical experience of
analyzing a real life organization. The assumptions we took into this assignment
where altered significantly after encountering the obstacles involved in
collecting the necessary information needed to perform an organizational
analysis. This essay takes a look at the highlights of this exercise, outlining the
mistakes, difficulties and lessons learned at each stage
The organization we were assigned to analyze was Warwick food and drink, an
organization that was part of the university of Warwick that was tasked with
providing food and drinks to the staff and students of the university. It operates
through a number of restaurants all located within the university premises but
operating under 3‐4 different brands.
The first decision we had to make was the kind of analysis we were going to
carry out. We decided to carry out a motivation analysis; the rationale behind
this decision was drawn after careful considerations of time constraints and
difficulties involved in getting in contact with employees in management
positions. We concluded that analyzing motivation in Warwick food and drink
would paint a more realistic and accurate picture of the current situation within
the organization.
We proceeded to gathering general information about the organization, which
we mostly retrieved during our only official meeting with an employee of
Warwick food and drink. The information we gathered in this interview was
mainly about their mode of operation and their organizational structure. One
major mistake we made was not linking this findings to the analysis and
highlighting the effect their chosen organizational structure has on the
motivation of its employees. In theory we have learnt that the organizational
structure of an establishment has