Inappropriate job assignment in Planning Department of Thaco Group

Abstract

Currently, according to the work requirements of the organizational chart of Thaco group, the general planning department acts as a focal point to synthesize periodic information on the business results of the independent brand teams, developing, process and analyze, then devise solutions, proposals and development plans in the coming periods. However, the reality is showing that the personnel in this department are doing not in accordance with the original orientation. Their tasks are currently only revolving around sales figures, market data ... that are not capable of in-depth analysis of the factors affecting business results, core values of the brand, the competitiveness of the product in the market ... Meanwhile, the above jobs are under the responsibility of the independent brand teams' sales team, increasing the volume work and pressure on the staff of these teams. That comes from an inappropriate job assignment, which main cause is overlapped organizational structure. The work of these two departments has overlapping aspects, not clearly defined, plus the orientation is somewhat superficial, lack of reality from senior managers, thus making the employees of the planning department feels confusing, leading to depressed psychology, and the end result is an increasing rate of retrenchment. Through analysis of the current state of the problem, I came up with two solutions to dissolve the company's planning room, and set up a new planning department for each brand-specific team, so that both can be solved. The above point, at the same time, improve the value and work efficiency of the increasingly intensive planning department, adapting to the increasingly strong change of the market.