JOHN PAUL II: CEO OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST ORGANISATION

Presented By:
Pragyan Panda – 18202104
Radhanath Mohanty – 18202106
Rabindu Das- 18202105
Rajesh Ku. Mohanty- 18202107
Partha Das – 18202102
Pragnya Pabani- 18202103
 ORGANISATION STRUCTURE

MAIN COMPONENTS –

1. COMPLEXITY:- The degree of differentiation that exist

within an organization.
a)Horizontal Differentiation:- Degree to which jobs are
dispersed geographically. Measured by no of horizontal
separation between units.
b)Vertical Differentiation:- Refers to the depth of the
organization.
c)Spatial Differentiation:- Measured by no of separate
locations, Avg. distance of the sites from headquarters
etc.
2. FORMALIZATION:-
Refers to the degree to which jobs within the
organization are regulated or systematized.
3. CENTRALISATION:-
The degree to which the formal authority to make
decision is concentrated in an individual, unit or level.
 THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF CATHOLIC CHURCH

1.Pope:- Bishop of Rome.

2.Cardinal:- Is a senior ecclesiastical leader, considered a Prince of the
Church, and usually an ordained bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
3.Archbishop:- Serves over several diocese.
4.Bishop:- Preside over one diocese.
5.Parish Priest:- service on one priest.
 CATHOLIC CHURCH'S Structure Today:-

The Catholic Church follows an episcopal polity, led by bishops who have received the
sacrament of Holy Orders who are given formal jurisdictions of governance within the
church.

There are three levels of clergy:-

1. The Episcopate:- Composed of bishops who hold jurisdiction over a geographic area
called a diocese.
2.The presbyterate:- Composed of priests ordained by bishops and who work in local
diocese or religious orders.
3 The diaconate:- Composed of deacons who assist bishops and priests in a variety of
ministerial roles.
4.The Bishop of Rome:- commonly called the pope, whose jurisdiction is called the
Holy See.
Organization Environment
 Environment is everything outsides organization’s boundaries

 Environment uncertainty – static environments significantly less

uncertainty than dynamic environment

 Environment- Structure Relationship

 Environment and Formalization
 Environment and Centralization
 Organic Structure

 Catholic Church faces dynamic environment due to growing numbers

of catholic activists in U.S on emotional issues
 John Paul has systematically appointed strong men according to his
will to the curia who made decisions and order them to do their jobs
 Organizational size
Organizational size is defined as the number of employees at any given geographical
location. This would include the total corporate Organization if it is in one
geographical location or a division of a decentralized corporation.
But in Case of John Paul II the basic size of catholic church is deceptively simple

Priest -4,05,000
Secondary school- 3,000
Hospitals- 6,000
Orphanages- 7,000

How John Paul II used SIZE STRUCTURE RELATIONSHIP:

1.Size and Complexity

2.Size and Formalization
3.Size and Centralization
 What is Strategy ?
• Determination of long term goals and objectives.
• Allocation of resources to carry out these goals.

Types of Strategy:-
1.Corporate level strategy
2.Business level strategy

How John Paul II used Business level strategy

• Understanding the need of Christian community.

• By providing the necessary needs like 30,000 schools,6000 hospitals and almost 7000 orphanages.
• Assigned charge of CHURCH OFFICE among 10 Cardinals.
• Spent much of his time in visiting and exploring various places to motivate, communicate and
encouraging their religious belief.
• Eventually increases the no. of followers.
Organization Effectiveness
 Organization effectiveness is defined as the degree to which an organization attains its
short and long term goals, the selection of which reflects strategic constituencies, the
self interest of the evaluator, and the life stage of the organization
 Approaches to asses organzational effectiveness
 Goal-Attainment Approach
 Systems Approach
 Strategic Constituencies Approach
 Competing Values Approach

The effectiveness of Catholic Church under Pope John Paul II can be a

assesed through Systems Approach
Systems Approach emphasize the criteria that will increase the long term
survival of the organization such as to mainatain itself internally and iteract
successfully with its external environment.
It measures the flexibility of response to environmental changes, the clarity of
internal communications
Contd.

 World tours taken by John Paul II and his press secretary who spreads his
words to the public
 Cardinals take care of the day to day work in the organization
 Replaced lower ranking Italians and infused new ideas and energies to the
Administration
 Successfully banished administrative inertia and brought heightened sene of
purpose
 CONCLUSION

Pope John Paul II the leader of a billion Catholics used the organisation and
management strategy to improve the effectiveness of the organisation. He
used strategies like having tours , fighting against the communism in a non
violent manner, managing the bureaucracy of the church and handling the
inner conflicts of the cardinals .He was supported by the non-Italians and
became internationally famous for his approach towards handling the
situations in different country’s problems. John Paul appointed the men he
wanted in his curia, and told them what he wanted ,and let them do their
jobs. He operated the organisation in a manner such that he was considered
as the person who changed the future of Vatican.