Informal organization in the achievement of formal organizational objectives

Abstract

There is a consensus that no individual can leave in isolation. This is more evident in formal structure where there are people from different backgrounds although with certain commonalities. It is then arguable that this relationship existing among people within formal organizations has a way of impacting on formal organizational goals. This paper therefore examines the impact of informal organization on the achievement of formal organizational objectives. This study utilized secondary sources of data. The findings of the study majorly reveal that informal organizations have significant positive impact on the achievement of formal organizational objectives.  This result is strongly supported by human relations theory as interrogated in the paper. It is also revealed in the study that informal  structure is not always advantageous to organizations. The major implication of these findings is for organizations to appreciate the  existence of informal structure. Ensuing this submission, the paper recommends that: management of organizations must recognize the indispensability of informal organization and leverage it for the achievement of organization goals; and effective and sustained  monitoring of activities of informal organization is required to keep them in tandem with the objectives of the organization etc.