Reflection Post

Departmentalization was interesting to me because it shows how different businesses are run through different organizational structures. Knowing the advantages of the different types of organization will be helpful to me when I open a business of my own one day or take over our family business. Learning that encouringing your employees rather than disciplining them and how to communicate with your employees and motivate them through idea's like the inverted pyramid and team structure used by Google and Nordstroms is interesting as well. It allows your employees who are directly related to the customers to be creative and in a way be their own boss. This individualism makes for a more prideful and enjoyable workplace because the employees are their own boss in a way and they are more secure with their job. Being on the same level as employees from a manager's perspective allows the manager to learn from others ideas and creates a more diverse and generally more efficient work place.