Urgent ~ How to study the organizational structure and management mode of the company?

The research on the company's organizational structure and management mode can be carried out from the following aspects.

1. Research object

The research object of this paper is a large enterprise group which is based on the parent-subsidiary system and has a business department or a linear functional management unit. The parent company holds at least one or several subsidiaries, and the parent company may directly run its own business.

2. Avoid conceptual confusion

China's understanding of the concept of "group" is different from that of the world. The United States sometimes refers to the above-mentioned enterprise groups with "CROUP", such as Citigroup in the United States, including Citibank, traveler insurance company, Salomon Smith Barney (investment bank) and other enterprises; Sometimes "group" is also used to refer to the business group and its management organization within an enterprise. At this time, the "group" is actually equivalent to the business department or super business department within the enterprise (called the business headquarters in Japan). For example, there is an insurance planning group under Citigroup.

Group), emerging market planning group, customer planning group and so on. More importantly, the group in the latter sense may also be a subsidiary of the parent company. Because the meaning of "GROUP" is too broad, in the United States, people use "CON GLOMERATE" more than "group" to refer to such large enterprise groups. In South Korea, people use "chaebol" to refer to such large enterprise groups, but chaebols are generally cross-owned and controlled by families.

3. Why should we study enterprise groups based on the parent-subsidiary system, with business divisions or linear functional management units at the same time?

Why should we study such an enterprise group? Because based on the parent-subsidiary system, large enterprise groups with business divisions or linear functional management units exist all over the world. For example, DOCOMO, a Japanese mobile communication giant, has 65,438+03 direct branches in kanto region and some counties, while 54 subsidiaries with legal personality operate in other regions and overseas. At&T Company. T company is also based on the parent-subsidiary system, and also has business departments, such as AT & amp； T wireless Inc is a wholly-owned subsidiary of t Corp The parent-subsidiary company structure of large enterprise groups with highly diversified business is closer. For example, Sony in Japan spans manufacturing and service industries. At present, there are 1 149 subsidiaries and 108 affiliated companies, including as many as 1078 consolidated reporting companies.

In China, more and more enterprise groups are based on parent-subsidiary companies and have business divisions or linear functional management units. What kind of management system should such a large enterprise group have? Not only does China lack experience, but the international community is constantly exploring.

4. Research direction: organizational structure, management control and corporate governance.

This paper focuses on the organizational structure, management control and corporate governance of large enterprise groups. First of all, for a large enterprise group, not only the assets are huge, but also the business structure is generally complex. It is very important to organize these assets and businesses to form an efficient organizational structure. We should analyze the advantages and disadvantages of linear functional system, business division system, parent-subsidiary system and mixed organizational structure, and explore which type of organizational structure is more suitable for large enterprise groups under what circumstances.

Secondly, large enterprise groups have parent-subsidiary companies, business divisions and linear functional management units, so it is not easy to achieve effective control. If the control is too dead, it will not be enough, and subsidiaries, business divisions and linear functional management units will lose their creativity, initiative and responsiveness to the market, making the whole enterprise group lose its vitality; If the control is weak, business divisions, subsidiaries and even linear functional management units will deviate from the development plan and intention of the Group, invest indiscriminately and transfer funds and profits. Therefore, it is very important to establish a reasonable management control system in large enterprise groups while building a good organizational structure.