Because Real Star Realty is relatively small and still a growing company with only five employees, their structure would be defined as being flat or horizontal, rather than hierarchal as all employees report to one manager, have different roles and are all on the same level (Business Dictionary, n.d.) (Albrecht, 2017). According to Elkin & Inkson (2004) Real Star can also classify as having a “simple structure” due to their centralised authority, small size and lack of departments.
These two very similar structures have been beneficial for me as an employee, as it has allowed me to take part in contributing to important decisions and feel as if I am part of the team and equal to everyone else. Furthermore, it has enabled me to form closer
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Having weekly reviews enables us as staff to get constructive feedback on how we can improve (Armstrong & Baron, 1998) and this is useful to me as I see value in developing my skills for the future as well as want others to see value in me as an employee. Checklists are another system we use at Real Star, each employee has their own pad to write their daily tasks and there is a white board at the back of the office with the weekly plan. These are very useful to me as I don’t have the best memory and forget things easily. Having these checklists ensure that tasks are completed on time and overall help the business be more successful. Lastly with each employee having a clearly outlined job description, we are all able to get on with our own tasks as it is easy to get intertwined with one another when we are all sitting so close and have different roles. These descriptions also have helped me when I wasn’t sure what work to be doing or when there wasn’t much work to complete as I could look back on this description for ideas on what I tasks I could carry out next, rather than wasting time doing