Structure
The structure of a company is very important in order to be a successful company. Some companies tend to leave all the decisions and ideas to the top executives or consultants. Other businesses let anyone who works for the company to have a proposal introduced no matter what position the employee holds in the company. The company I work for would be considered "bottom- up", which means any employee can come forth with a suggestion. An employee can write an email, or write it down on a comment/suggestion card and drop in the box which will be read later. Some times the request will be discussed with an employee and other times it will be denied. I think this makes employees feel more needed and more significant to the company. There have been several policies that have changed in my department because of employees constantly making suggestions. When an employee feels that they can participate in changes, new products, and enhancements to the company, they consider themselves as part as the company. Any employee, who feels as though they are part of a company as a whole, will take more pride in their work and give a more noble effort to every assignment whether it is small or extremely important.
Not only can an employee implement new fresh concepts, but in some cases that employee might be dealing with customers daily which provides them with the inside information about what buyers want. For example, in my floor we have the reservations department which deals with travel agents and directs everyday for eight hours day, so who better to know what people are looking for than them. On the contrary, top-down companies like to be in control and employees have no say to what needs to be done.
This can present a conflict between wor ...