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Mintz Berg Design 20050905
Mintz Berg Design 20050905
parameters
Horizontal specialisation
operating core
5 September. 2005 Pål Sørgaard, R&D 5
Training and indoctrination (ch 2, p
39)
What skills and knowledge should be required for each
position?
Coordination mechanism: standardisation of skills
mutual adjustment
Related concepts
How large should each unit be; how many people should
report to a given manager?
Coordination mechanism: direct supervision and also mutual
adjustment
Related to informal communication and “span of control”
system)
Most applicable when units are relatively independent
Plans for
– building a ship
– fighting a battle
– starting a gsm-operation in Pakistan
structure
Various mechanisms available to support mutual
adjustment
Fad of the 60ies (and later!)
Matrix structures
location)
Often referred to as delegation