1. Below we propose an activity in which you must put into practice the knowledge acquired so far. The company Transformadores y Rebobinados del Sur has an organizational structure made up of 30 people.

Of them, five belong to its Board of Directors, four are general directors, eight are section heads and the rest are workers. It presents a highly hierarchical structure in which the tasks carried out by the company are those related to the production of electrical transformers, an activity related to the company's logistics, another to human resources and one related to financial and accounting aspects. (13 are workers)

At the beginning of the year, the Board of Directors observed that production figures during the first quarter had a significant decrease compared to the previous quarter. Therefore, he decides to hire the services of an external consulting firm in order to analyze the possible causes of this unexpected drop in production results.

The conclusions reached by the consultant were:

Lack of motivation in the company's staff. Moderate drop in productivity per employee. Discontent at lower levels of the company's organizational structure due to their non-participation in business decision-making. Failures in the internal communication systems in the company. Taking these conclusions into account. The Board of Directors decides to rethink the organic structure of the company and a change in the policy regarding its employees. In view of the situation presented, resolve:

a) Could there be any type of communication barrier within this company? What solutions would you adopt? b) Based on the diagnosis proposed by the consultant, what type of organizational structure would you establish? c) What technique or techniques would you develop to make group decisions?