Organisational structure in the process of integration on the example of iron and steel industry enterprises in Poland
Streszczenie
The iron and steel industry, like the entire economy, was undergoing transformation
processes in the 1990s. An inspiration for these changes was signing by Poland
of the Association Agreement with the European Union in December 1991. This
document sets directions for functioning of the ironworks in Poland. It resulted
in the development of the ironworks restructuring processes in the years 1992,
1998, 2001–2003, aimed at the improvement of their economic efficiency. It meant
seeking economic efficiency of metallurgical enterprises, also known as fundamental
changes in their organisational structures. A number of literature sources,
both Polish and English recognise the issue of reforms by means of restructuring
employment, finances, and resources. In the 1990s and in the first decade of the
21st century, the influence of the organisational structure on the efficiency of iron
and steelworks was studied more and more frequently. Their theoretical justification
is found in, i.a. the works of M. Weber, H. Fayol, Zb. Zakrzewski, A. Krupski,
A. Stabryła, A. Nalepka, A. Kozina and others. Scientific suggestions in publications
have given rise to the discourse that organisational structures should be dealt
within a social and technical aspects, as processes, sets, and events. They are one
of the most important tools for the management, a factor binding the enterprise
with the environment.
Today the predominant view is that the organisational structure is influenced
by many factors and in principle to a different extent. It means that the determinants
and principles of shaping enterprise organisational structures should be considered in two aspects: theoretical and utilitarian. The achievements of organisational
and management theories have been utilised, as this doctrine orders certain
practical experiences, formulates hypotheses and theorems according to logical
rules of inference, applying in this field achievements of other areas of science
in such matters e.g.: economics, law, sociology, psychology. The other dimension
refers to economic practice of operating enterprises and changing environment. In
both cases the enterprise is considered as organisation that is the dominant form
of collective life, covering almost all aspects of human activity. This is emphasised
by K. Mreła, J. Jaszek, K. Krzakiewicz, S. Cyfert, A.K. Koźmiński, E. Michalski,
S. Flaszewska, M. Potoczek, S. Podczarski, H. Dźwigol, J. Brzóska, J. Pyka,
A. Hamrol, R. Miśkiewicz. Due to the modular character of the structure, with
weak coherency which constitute a significant majority, the interaction of individual
factors does not cause identical changes in shaping all dimensions of the
structure. If the organisational structures were coherent, the interaction with one
of their modules would lead to modification of all the other modules and thus
achieving the assumed goals. In fact, structures are poorly coherent and the associated
modularity of the structure and loose connections between modules, autodynamism,
and interactive effects define a set of internal conditions through
which the context interacts with the causal structure and determinants.
Contextual conditioning, usually referred to as an environment, is divided
into internal and external. The first relates to: technology, employees’ knowledge,
organisation life cycle stages, organisation size. The latter expresses legal, economic,
cultural and social environment, also considering globalisation processes
in the modern economy and its development paradigm, where knowledge is an
important link.
The subject of research, adopted aims and hypotheses have determined the
choice of both research methods related to processing of materials and systematisation
of results and analytical methods in relation to the studied literature. In
addition, the index of general efficiency of restructuring, indicator analysis, induction
method and graphical method were used. A monograph was given both theoretical
and utilitarian value, which was reflected in its structure.
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