Martina is a seamstress. She has worked in the garment manufacturing industry since she

dropped from college. After a few years, she decided to resign from the factory to be

self-employed. She set up a small shop in their house where she accepted sewing jobs from

friends and relatives. During the first few months of her shop, she did all the work by herself.

She purchased the fabrics directly from the wholesalers to minimize the cost and to ensure

that she would get the best designs with the best quality. After purchasing the fabric, she

would lay the pattern carefully to ensure that the grainline is parallel with the selvage to

efficiently use the fabric. The next thing she would do was to mark the pattern on paper, and

then she would fix it to the fabric using pins and adhesives. After that, she would cut the

fabric manually, then sew it based on the pattern. She would then package the finished

product and wait for the customer to pick it up after a few days.

Since she produced high-quality outputs, she became popular in the area. Hence, she gained

more customers. Her work increased from two to five dresses per week, so she decided to

hire a new seamstress. Together, they were able to produce eight to ten clothes per week

with a total of 40 per month. They barely had any sleep to produce this number of clothes, as

they had to work day in, day out to finish on time. Thus, Martina decided to hire three more

workers. All five of them had to do all the process to finish a product. They had a great team.

With Martina as the leader, it seems like they were a family rather than co-workers since they

communicated informally, and there was no rule or policies except that they were expected

to report on time and do the job excellently.

As Martina’s business grew, she is now thinking of expanding their company’s size. She hired

you to give her advice on this. 1. In the given scenario, what is the appropriate organizational structure design for
Martina, given that her business grew.

2. Do you think that the number of employees Martina has is appropriate? Why or why
not?



3. Is there standardization present in the organization? Why is it important in the said
case?



4. Why would it be necessary for the organization to change its organizational
structure? Explain your answer.​