Organizational Structure

Organizational structure includes a breakdown of the company’s structure to produce efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity. This paper will provide the organizational structure from my previous job at Team One Plastics. I choose this company because I had four years of experience on the job and I understood the structure of this company well enough to explain.

Team One Plastics is a manufacturing company located in Albion, MI. This company produces plastic automotive car parts. The parts are made with heavy duty injection molding machines. Parts are produced at Team One Plastics then shipped off to its customers to complete the parts assembly.
Henry Mintzberg identified the five fundamentals parts of an organization in 1979 (Holzer). The first part of the organization is the operating core. The operating core represents the frontline workers which are responsible for the organization’s production of goods and services. The operating core is where my position as a production assistant would operate the injection molding machines, inspect and package parts. These parts would be sent off to the warehouse for storage and to build current orders. The second part of the organizational structure would be the strategic apex. This is the company’s executive leadership level. This level may include the chief executive officer, board of directors, and her executive related staff. This level is responsible for ensuring that things are done in compliance with the company’s policies, and managing outside relationships with customers that may be critical to the organizations profits. This level would consist of the supervisor, management, quality control, and the logistics team. They would ensure that the customer’s orders are documented, produced to quality level, and shipped in a timely manner. They would also supervise the operating core to