1.1 Introduction :
in today’s business environment organization faces a serious challenges to make
instanious adaptation to the continuous changing environment, in order to have a
sharper focus on what is important in the environment and improved understanding of
the type and the direction of change that is happening in the environment , corporation
must choose the appropriate mix between strategy and structure that would contribute
effectively in the fulfillment of these objectives .
according to (meqdadi,2012) there is rapid changes in the world political , economic,
societal and environmental factors especially because of the transformation of many
countries to the market economy and the increased competition between companies to
achieve the satisfaction of the customers and acquiring competitive advantage , also
the development and new technologies and globalization made a transformation for
the telecommunications and information made a serious challenge for the organization
that forced them to search for methods to face these risks and challenges , by which
strategy and structure could be one effective possible solution for the companies to
use in such environment .
according to (wheelen and hunger ,2012) corporate strategy is the choose of the
direction for the firm and the management of its products and deals with 3 key issues
facing the corporation :
1- The firm over all orientation towards growth and stability .
2- The industry or market of which the firm competes .
3- The manner in which management coordinates and transfer resources between
its products lines and business units.
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to be successful in the long term companies must not only be able to execute current
activities but they must also adapt those activities to a new and changing market
which could be don’t by matching the organization structure with its strategy which
could facilitate the organization adaptation the changing environment . (wheelen ,
hunger , 2012).
according to (wheelen , hunger , 2012) the attainment of appropriate match between
organization environment and its structure and strategy has a positive effect on
organization performance , studies have found that companies that change their
strategies an structures as the environment change out performed companies that did
not make a change which indicates that there must be appropriate match between the
organization structure and strategy to respond effectively to the changes in the
environment .
according to (morecroft , hines , 1985) sine (chandler, 1961 ) ignited the discussion
about strategy and structure empirical data started to be collected from several
companies to examine the nature of the relationship between structure and product
diversification and geographical expansion (elements of corporate strategy ) , then
they have reached a conclusion that if some organization forms are more effective
than other than it should possible to help organization to design the appropriate
structures that would help them achieve their product diversification and geographical
expansion .
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Organization don’t have many choice with regard to the adaptation choices they have
in fact its limited to type of behaviors that top managers believe it will allow effective
direction and control of human resources .
We can’t start speaking about the kind of relationship between strategy and structure
without considering the management theory followed inside the organization in fact
its indicted that there is a relationship between management theory and organization
strategy and structure . (miles,snow,meyer,colemna,1978) .
1.2 Problem Statement and Justification
Efficient organization always try to maintain a viable market for its goods and
services but in efficient organization fails to respond to this market also fails to
maintain a mechanism which means strategy and process to achieve their market
strategy. (miles,snow,meyer,colemna,1978).
There are certain worries about the ability of the corporations in Gaza strip to adjust
their structure and process effectively to implement their strategy considering the type
of environment of Gaza strip which need a continuous assessment of a continuous
changing environment as the one of Gaza Strip .
In light of the preceding emphasize on the importance of having a the appropriate
match between organization structure and organizational strategy and to figure out to
what extent corporation examine their structure in order to implement effectively their
strategy .
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1.3 Research Objectives
Main Goal:
1- Analyzing and evaluating the relationship between structure and strategy in
the Palestinian corporation in Gaza strip .
2- Evaluate the current status for organization structure in corporation in gaza
strip..
3- Evaluate strategy implementation for the corporations in gaza strip
4- Studying the dimensions of the organization structure .
5- Measuring the relationship between strategy implementation and the types of
strategy .
6- to provide a set of recommendation that help the organization in match their
strategies and structure with the environment .
1.4 Research Questions
The Main Question:
1- what is the relationship between structure and strategy in the Palestinian
corporation in Gaza strip ?
2- what is the current status for organization structure in corporation in gaza
strip ?
3- What is the status of strategy implementation for the corporations in gaza
strip?
4- What is the dimensions of the organization structure ?
5- what is the relationship between strategy implementation and the types of
strategy ?
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1.5 Research Variables
Dependent Variable:
 Strategy implementation
Independent Variables:
 Organization system
 Organization style
 Organization staff
 Organization shared values
 Organization skills
 Organization structure
those variables were based on frame work proposed by (waterman, 1980) .
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Figure (1-1)
independant variables
dependant
variable
• organization system
• organization style
• organization staff
• organization shard value
• organization skills
• organization structure
• strategy
implementation
1.6 Research Hypotheses
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There is a statistical relationship between organization system significant
level of (α = 0.05) and strategy implementation.
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There is a statistical relationship between organization style significant level
of (α = 0.05) and strategy implementation.
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There is a statistical relationship between organization shared values
significant level of (α = 0.05) and strategy implementation.
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There is a statistical relationship between organization skills significant level
of (α = 0.05) and strategy implementation.
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There is a statistical relationship between organization structure significant
level of (α = 0.05) and strategy implementation.
1.7 Data Sources
Primary sourdces :
Reports
Thesis
Publication
Seccoundary sources :
New papers
Journals
Internet
1.8 Research Methodology
Exploratory, explanatory and descriptive approaches will be used. primary and
secondary data sources, and data collection through a questionnaire designed
specifically to address the issues of concern in addition to interviews.
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Exploratory will be used by searching the literature and interviewing experts
in the subject. This theoretical approach is based on what have been collected
from local or international references, books, or journals.
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Explanatory will be used by establishing relationships between variables, the
main one is the relationship between the service provided and Palestinian
Refugees’ satisfaction.
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Descriptive will be used so that the researchers can describe the data collected
and its characteristics to have a clear picture of the phenomena.
In order to collect the needed data for this research , we use the secondary
resources in collecting data such as books, journals, statistics and web pages , in
addition to preliminary resources that not available in secondary resources through
distribute questionnaires on study population in order to get their opinions about the
analyzing and evaluating the nature of the relation ship between organization structure
and strategy .
Research methodology depends on the analysis of data on the use of
descriptive analysis, which depends on the poll and use the main program (SPSS). All
Palestinian corporations in Gaza city, with their different categories, will be included
in the study.
1.9 previous studies :
1- the role of organization structure in strategy implementation in
food processing companies in Nairobi . (Munyoroku, 2012)
This study aimed to determine the role of organization structure in strategy
implementation on food processing companies in Nairobi , the study used primary
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data through self-administered questionnaire , the study was analyzed by descriptive
statistics to summarize and relate variables acquired from the questionnaire .
Recommendation from the study were that during the implementation process of
strategy the organization should have a clear structure and its should be clear wh has
the authority to make decisions and when possible the organization should try to make
sure that the organizational streucutre is clear , realtively decentralized and relatively
formalized in order for decision to be made more quickly.
Clear procedures, rules and responsibilities may give organizational members
certainty during an implementation effort. Furthermore, it may increase the
motivation of organizational members. Also, a deliberate policy is needed on the part
of Government to create a climate that is conducive and favorable to the growth,
development and profitable operation of small, medium sized and large industries.
2- evaluating to what extent the organization structure is suitable and
what is the organization values that supporting it for a successful
strategy implementation. (mya, Ibrahim, sleten , 2011)
the study aimed to find out the suitable organizational structure for strategy
implementation and the organization values that is supporting it and to figure out what
is the differences between the organizational structure of the companies and the
organizational values supporting it in the companies under examination which
indicated that there are a significant differences .
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the study also tried to discover the mechanisms of planning organizational structure
by using modern concepts which should be used in support of strategic management
approach .
the study used descriptive statistics approach , and used questionnaire as a told for
collecting data and then analysed using the spss program .
the study reached a several conclusions :
1- There should be balance between centralization and decentralization in
companies in the studied companies.
2- There should be belive in the organization in the importance and role of
strategic management .
3- Update the job description when there is a changes that requires such update.
4- Writing down the organizational value so it would ease the process of strategic
management when it comes to analyzing the organizational values .
4- Formulation of sustainable strategy in building smart
organizations (taai . saaegh , hadi,2011)
This search is based on two varieties interact with each other to form the rational farm
for them which is (sustainable strategies and the intelligent organization). The
problem of this thesis commend with presenting some Queries aimed to explain the
theoretical and practical varieties by answering these queries, as anew subject to apply
.then this study diagnosed the special sides by the sustainable strategy and its role in
building the intelligent organization.
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zain al Iraq company had been chosen as a field of study . the researcher adopted the
style of international sample which includes all the managers with all their different
departments for all levels , the number of the distributed forms reached (87) out the
study followed a survey methodology by the entire and deep analysis for the problem
. the study reached a result that there is a connection and influence relation between
the variables . on the other hand , a group of they were taken in consideration
according to the conclusions, it will be of a help to the company coneerned . it had
been proved that the interest of the company in the strategy main taind study and its
components will improve to string then the role of the company and make it one of
the intelligent organization . one of the recommendation is that there is a necessity
from the companies to be interested in the maintained strategy components by
strengthens the importance for those components because this process will crystallize
the company as a intelligent organization.
5-development of organizational structure of the Palestinian ministry
in Gaza strip and its impact on managerial efficiencies (alfrra, alloh ,
2006)
This reseach aimed to examine the development of organizational charts in the
Palestinian ministries and their effect on the managerial efficiency of the ministries .
The research used analytical descriptive method buy using secoundary and primary
data , and the study designed a questionnaire which consist of 80 paragraphs which
was designed to fit the research hypothesis , the research population consist of 3118
person and the sample accounted for 500 people , all the sample members were
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selected from managerial persons from head of department to deputy minister and
then analysed using spss program.
The conclusion of the study were :
1- The organizational chart of Palestinian ministries sudder critical defects due to
the continus changes in the Palestinian government , with out real studies this
caused a repetitive changes in the structure.
2- Lack of efficiency of the people who designed the charts .
3- The limitation of the Palestinian structures effectd negatively the ability of the
Palestinian ministries to develop their managerial performance .
4- Changes in strucutres in the ministry should happen when only needed in light
of the strategy and missions of the ministry .
5- Employees must be placed in jobs fit their skills and qualifications and to
avoid job overlap.
6- strategy and structure extending the theory and integrating the
research on national and international firms.
in the study they tried to extended and integrate the national and international theory
on structure and strategy , the researcher tried to use an information processing
approach to model the relationship between elements of strategy and macro structure .
to test the hypothesis date were gathered from 156 German firms by using
questionnaire , the researcher try to include new elements of strategy like(types of
competitive strategy , degree of internationalization and type of international strategy
has produces a model that is superior to existing model in explaining a newer and
more complex forms of strategy and structure.
conclusion were :
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1-
the study confirms the importance of traditional strategy elements as explanation of
firm macro structure
2-
the study confirms and renew several strategy and structure relationship.
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the study states that macrostructure of the firm is best explained by a wide
spectrum of national , international, quantitative and qualitative strategy elements.
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new strategy elements proposed in the study seems to be more important to explain
mixed and matrix structures.
8- dimensions of structure in effective organizations : some empirical
evidence (reimman,2008)
The study were carried out on 19 manufacturing organization in order to show the
structural difference’s between the high and low performance organization’s , cluster
analyses were made to correlation among eleven measures of structure isolated in
three relatively isolated dimensions
1) decentralization .
2) specialization .
3) formalization.
The study were trying to answer questions like : what differences if any exist in the
structural dimensions between the high and low performance organizations?
If different from those iof relatively high performance organizations what are the
dimensions associated with the relatively high performance organizations:?
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The study concluded that there are a certain dimension for the structure Among the
ten hight performing firms but failed to produce any such independent dimensions in
the low performance firms .
9- organization identity and the structure of non proft umbrella
association (young, 2001)
In his article young tries to apply the concept of organizational identity to the
structural issues faced by national and international umbrella associations .
Such organizations were grable with several possible self concepts including goal
seeking systems economies and politics , two associations were study in depth .
Consensus around clear identity were found to be a key factor in resolving the
structural dilemmas of those organizations.
1- The study confiorms that the question of organizational identity arises at times
of several organizational stress.
2- The study support of the understanding of organization identity in a
metaphorical way.
3- The study confirms that managing several organizational identities is difficult
and tensions riden process .
10- a frame work for implementing strategies in the organization
(okumus,2003)
The implementation of strategy relates directly and indirectly to all facets of
management there for its adviced to follow holistic approach when analyzing such
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complex issues of implementation., however research in this area is still limited and
offers few practical propositions.
Given this situation the study proposes implementation frame work by identifying
key elements of implementation and categorizing them in to severla group based on
their role and importance .
the researcher belives that the framework developed in this study can assist
executives and researchers to better understand and evaluate complex factors of
implementation and deals with challenges with holistic perspective.
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