Gaps in the structuring of organizations in the graduate employment context in Uganda
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Date
2020
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Journal of Organization Design
Abstract
The complexity of global challenges requires that organizations collaborate with one
another. To do this, stakeholders need flexible structures that are designed in a way
that allows organizations to collaborate. However, it is not known whether Uganda’s
organizations are structured in a way that allows them to collaborate with one
another, casting doubt as to whether they can manage the complexity of global
challenges such as graduate unemployment. Informed by Hage and Aiken (1967), we
studied the structures of selected organizations in Uganda and found out that their
major components, i.e., centralization and formalization, are designed in a way that
may not allow collaboration to occur. We found out that the organizational
structures were exclusive in decision-making, had high power distance (HPD), jobs
were strictly codified, and organizations enforced stringent rule observation. These
gaps make it difficult for people interaction and involvement and deny them of their
freedom to relate with one another, making it difficult for a collaboration between
different agencies to occur. To enhance organizational collaboration, it is
recommended that organizations should be restructured to become more inclusive,
interactive, and democratic since organizations structured in this way have shown
collaboration success and greater achievement of society needs.
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Inter-agency collaboration, Graduate employment, Organizational structures, Uganda
Citation
Ntale, P. D., Ssempebwa, J., Musisi, B., Musoke, G. G., Joseph, K., Mugimu, C. B., ... & Ntayi, J. (2020). Gaps in the structuring of organizations in the graduate employment context in Uganda. Journal of Organization Design, 9(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41469-020-0066-5