An Investigation of Relationship between Organizational Structure and Employee Empowerment of Development Management Department of Tehran Municipality

Subject Areas : Urban Management Studies

Mahdi Taybi Shirmard ¹ ( دانشجو )
Nooredin Mirzae ² ( استاد )

Received: 2017-01-17 Accepted : 2017-03-18 Published : 2017-05-22

Keywords: Organizational Structure, Employee empowerment, Development Department of Tehr,

Abstract :

Introduction and objectives of the study :  since dimensions of organizational structure which includes formalization, centralization, complexity of management tools, and changeability is in hands of officials in Human Resource Development Department of Tehran Municipality, this study has been conducted to investigate relationship between employee empowerment and organization structure in this department. Methodology  :  at first, relationship between organizational structure and employee empowerment in municipality of Tehran was considered based on Robbins` (1993) standard model of organizational structure and standard model of empowerment Spereitzer (1995) and based on investigated validity and reliability, final version of questionnaire was developed and after confirmation, data were collected, analyzed and research questions were answered. Findings : 1- regardless of lack of effect in complexity dimension, organizational structure has a positive effect on employee empowerment. 2- There is not any significant relationship between complexity and employee empowerment. 3- There is a significant relationship between formalization and employee empowerment. 4- There is a significant relationship between centralization and employee empowerment. Conclusion : 1-results showed that main hypothesis of the study, there is a significant relationship between extant organizational structure of the firm and psychological empowerment of employees, was confirmed. 2- There is a significant relationship between formalization and employee empowerment in Development Department of Tehran Municipality. 3- There is a significant relationship between centralization and employee empowerment in Development Department of Tehran Municipality. 4- Results from testing hypothesis showed that there is not any significant relationship between complexity of organizational structure dimensions and employee empowerment.  

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