Analysis and Design of an Appropriate Organizational Structure for the Intermediate Municipality, Case Study: Saveh Municipality

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Organizing, it is a way of identifying, grouping and classifying the major factors involved in the organization and then creates the logical relationships between the various factors. Organizing carried out in order to improve the functional relationships between these factors and better organized, carried out in order to achieve organizational goals. These objectives derived from vision, mission and strategy of the organization. Therefore, a logical connection is established between the organizational structure and strategic characteristics.
This paper addresses the issue of organizing the city of Saveh. Appropriate organizational structure design, causing organizational effectiveness, thus, will be lead to optimal service delivery and citizen's rights and interests. In the proposed structure, the logical relationship between the organizational structure of the City of Saveh with goals, strategies, mission and vision of the city and municipality is established.
According to purpose of paper, the method is applied, and the nature of the material and the information gathered, the research methodology is descriptive - analytic study. The approach used in the design of organizational structure, is a process approach.
In the framework of the Saveh strategic plan, and developing vision for city and municipality, a hybrid organizational structure has been predicted to Saveh municipality. Due to the nature of services and numerous functions, the main body of the organizational structure of the Saveh municipality is pyramiding in consistent with current municipal structure. At senior management level, the organizational structure is a matrix.

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