What are the characteristics of traditional enterprises?

The characteristics of traditional enterprises are composed of functional organizational structure, post management foundation and product management model.

If we deconstruct the traditional enterprise form, we will find that there are "three pillars": functional organizational structure, post management foundation and product management model. The popular saying of "three pillars" is that traditional enterprises usually adopt functional organizational structure and implement product management mode on the basis of post management, which has almost become a "standard" of traditional management mode and a standard for judging whether it belongs to traditional enterprises. Nowadays, many enterprises are wrapped in the coat of the Internet, but they are wrapped in the traditional management mode.

After careful study, it will be found that although the "three pillars" belong to different fields, they are completely consistent in design principles, so they can be integrated to support the orderly operation of traditional enterprises.

The functional organizational structure has established a "pyramid" framework. The biggest feature of this structure is that the enterprise form is composed of different functional departments, which is the result of "division of labor" and "cooperation" within the enterprise. The finer the division of labor, the more department settings, and the larger the enterprise scale. Monomer enterprises generally adopt linear functional type, while group enterprises mostly adopt division system, because division undertakes a specific function in group enterprises, which is also a form of functional organizational structure, and all departments jointly carry out value creation activities through functional organizational structure.

"Location" has become the basic material for building a "pyramid". All management mechanisms are based on "positions", and responsibilities, rights and interests are assigned to "positions" rather than specific people. All "pyramids" are built by "location" brick by brick. Once the "position" is determined, it will not be easily changed, which is also the foundation of the stability of the "pyramid". Position management enables every incumbent to perform his duties, and the change of "position" and "rank" has the greatest influence on people. With the continuous increase of "rank", the "pyramid" is gradually towering. The premise of post management is "person-post matching", and once the "person-post matching" enterprise will be as accurate and efficient as a machine.

The product management mode makes the pyramid run in order. This model is a series of management activities aimed at product planning, development, production, marketing, sales and support. The core is around the product life cycle, and the ultimate goal is to maximize product value, not customer value. Under the function of functional organization structure and post management foundation, product management mode can make enterprises carry out large-scale and standardized production, and the scale of traditional enterprises can grow rapidly. Although product management greatly improves the quality and quantity of products, it also easily leads to overcapacity.

With the building framework, basic materials and operation sequence, the "pyramid" is basically formed. In the development process of traditional enterprises, the "three pillars" can be said to be indispensable, which not only turned enterprises from "guerrillas" into "regular troops", but also pushed enterprises into high-speed channels. With the "three pillars", the stability of traditional enterprises has finally been consolidated, and they can boldly expand and take a diversified and international development route. This is how traditional enterprises came. Once the "pyramid" is formed, the main way of competition must be "bigger and stronger", because the bigger it is, the more stable it is, and it can even be destroyed in the market, so there will be several giants in every industry, far ahead.

Whether it is a traditional enterprise can be judged from the "three pillars". When the new commercial times arrived, the "three pillars" were in jeopardy and almost fell apart. No matter what industry, enterprises that still adopt traditional management mode will inevitably be greatly impacted.