ORGANIZATION DESIGN

OPTIONS - MINTZBERG
MINTZBERG'S FIVE BASIC
ORGANIZATIONAL ELEMENTS

1. The Operating Core: Employees who perform the basic work
related to the production of products and services.

2. The Strategic Apex: Top-level managers, who are charged with
the overall responsibility for the organization.

3. The Middle Line: Managers, who connect the operating core to
the strategic apex.

4. The Technostructure: Analysts, who have the responsibility for
erecting certain forms of standardization in the organization.

5. The Support Staff: People who fill the staff units, who provide
indirect services for the organization.
Simple/ entrepreneurial
structure
STRUCTURAL
CHARACTERISTICS OF A
SIMPLE STRUCTURE
1. LOW COMPLEXITY
2. LOW FORMALIZATION
3. HIGH CENTRALIZATION
4. SIMPLE & DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT
5. ORGANIC STRUCTURE
Machine bureaucracy
structure
CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE MACHINE
BUREAUCRACY
1. HIGH FUNCTIONAL SPECIALIZATION
2. HIGH FORMALIZATION
3. HIGH CENTRALIZATION
4. SIMPLE & STABLE ENVIRONMENT
5. MECHANISTIC STRUCTURE
Professional bureaucracy
CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE PROFESSIONAL
BUREAUCRACY
1. HIGH SOCIAL SPECIALIZATION
2. LOW FORMALIZATION
3. LOW CENTRALIZATION
4. COMPLEX & STABLE ENVIRONMENT
5. LOW MECHANISTIC STRUCTURE
Divisional or diversified
structure
CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE DIVISIONAL FORMS
1. HIGH FUNCTIONAL SPECIALIZATION
2. HIGH FORMALIZATION IN DIVISIONS
3. LIMITED DECENTRALIZATION
4. SIMPLE, STABLE ENVIRONMENT
5. MECHANISTIC STRUCTURE
Adhocracy
Structure
CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE ADHOCRACY
1. HIGH SOCIAL SPECIALIZATION
2. LOW FORMALIZATION
3. LOW CENTRALIZATION
4. COMPLEX, DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT
5. ORGANIC STRUCTURE
Efficient performance vs learning
organization
Learning organization promotes
communication and collaboration so that
everyone id engaged in identifying and
solving problems, enabling the organization
to continuously experiment, improve and
increase its capabilities.
Changing orientation
Mechanical system design
Vertical
structure
Rigid
Culture
Competitive
strategy
Formal
systems
Routine
Tasks
Natural system design
Horizontal
structure
Adaptive culture
Collaborative
strategy
Shared
Information
Empowered
Roles
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