Organizational structure, along with the different elements it comprises, is a significant factor in the overall design of any company. Establishing a clear picture of what a department's responsibilities are, classifying roles and job functions, and defining where people fit in the chain of command can make daily tasks and decisions easier for both employees and managers. Additionally, astute planning and organization can also have a big impact on a company's bottom line, with an effectively organized company saving money by reducing redundancies and improving processes and workflow. By outlining and analyzing the overall organizational structure present in the Dakkota Integrated Systems Windsor plant, it is possible to identify both its strengths and weaknesses. Departmentalization is a method of dividing work and workers into separate organizational units that take responsibility for completing particular tasks. Dakkota Integrated Systems is structured using functional departmentalization. There are seven main departments with six distinct organizational groups. The Engineering, Quality, Materials, Operations, Human Resources and Accounting departments are independent, while the IT group is nested within the Accounting department and reports to its own manager. The current structure has worked well for Dakkota over the past seven years of operation, thanks to a couple of key benefits. Each department was able to focus and develop the skills of its employees to a high level of competence. This allows a wide range of complex projects and issues to be handled by a relatively small number of employees within the department. Furthering this advantage is that the skill level of each individual employee within a division… middle of paper… The vast majority of positions in the plant are considered specialized jobs. Job specialization is widely used in an attempt to reduce both training and turnover costs and to increase efficiency. Great care is used in designing the processes and responsibilities in each role to increase the benefits mentioned above. Additionally, a significant emphasis is placed on job rotation as a way to offer variety, cross-training and health benefits to line workers. Job enlargement is also used quite often, in order to balance workloads down the line and sometimes provides workers with greater job satisfaction depending on the task that is added. On the other hand, job enrichment is implemented in relatively few positions, with the exception of team leaders. They are given more authority to decide the best way to complete certain tasks.