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== Definition == | == Definition == | ||
* This model is useful to identify types of organizations | * This model is useful to identify types of organizations and to | ||
== The | |||
== The model == | |||
=== The organizational forms === | |||
Complexity | Complexity | ||
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| startup | | startup | ||
=== The subunits model === | |||
Mintzberg defines five basic organizational subunits: | |||
# Strategic Apex, e.g. Board of Directors, CEO, president, rector | |||
# Technostructure, e.g. Strategic Planning, Training, | |||
# Support Staff, e.g. Legal Counsel, Public Relations, Payroll, Mailroom Clerks, Cafeteria Workers | |||
# Middle Line, e.g. VP Operations, VP Marketing, Plant Managers Sales Managers | |||
# Operating Core, e.g. Purchasing Agents, Machine Operators, Assemblers, Sales Persons, Shippers | |||
Mintzberg then claims that each of the four organizational forms uses fundamentally different coordination mechanisms. | |||
== Further stuff == | == Further stuff == | ||
* Organizations do four things: | * Organizations do four things: They find, they keep, they transform and they distribute. | ||
* They deal with materials, with products, with people and with information. | * They deal with materials, with products, with people and with information. | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
* Beshears, Fred (2000). [http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~fmb/articles/mintzberg/ Mintzberg's Taxonomy of Organizational Forms], online paper, Berkely. Retrieved 13:19, 3 June 2006 (MEST). | * Beshears, Fred (2000). [http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~fmb/articles/mintzberg/ Mintzberg's Taxonomy of Organizational Forms], online paper, Berkely. Retrieved 13:19, 3 June 2006 (MEST). This web page provides a very useful overview. | ||
* http://www.delphipharma.com/innovators.htm | * http://www.delphipharma.com/innovators.htm | ||
* [http://www.mintzberg.org/ Henry Mintzberg's homepage], includes | * [http://www.mintzberg.org/ Henry Mintzberg's homepage], includes links, including some articles for download. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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* Mintzberg, H. 1979. The Structuring of Organizations. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. | * Mintzberg, H. 1979. The Structuring of Organizations. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. | ||
* Mintzberg, H. (1983) Structure in Fives: Designing Effective, Organizations", Prentice Hall. | |||
* Mintzberg, H., J. Lampel, S. Ghoshal, J.B. Quinn; (1991). The Strategy Process: Concepts, Contexts, Cases. Prentice Hall. | |||
* Mintzberg, H and L Van Der Heyden (2002). Taking A Closer Look: Reviewing The Organization, Ivey Business Journal, september/october. | * Mintzberg, H and L Van Der Heyden (2002). Taking A Closer Look: Reviewing The Organization, Ivey Business Journal, september/october. | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:07, 9 April 2012
Definition
- This model is useful to identify types of organizations and to
The model
The organizational forms
Complexity
simple complex
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stable | Machine Professional
| bureaucracy organization
Pace |
of |
change |
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dynamic | Entrepreneurial Adhocracy
| startup
The subunits model
Mintzberg defines five basic organizational subunits:
- Strategic Apex, e.g. Board of Directors, CEO, president, rector
- Technostructure, e.g. Strategic Planning, Training,
- Support Staff, e.g. Legal Counsel, Public Relations, Payroll, Mailroom Clerks, Cafeteria Workers
- Middle Line, e.g. VP Operations, VP Marketing, Plant Managers Sales Managers
- Operating Core, e.g. Purchasing Agents, Machine Operators, Assemblers, Sales Persons, Shippers
Mintzberg then claims that each of the four organizational forms uses fundamentally different coordination mechanisms.
Further stuff
- Organizations do four things: They find, they keep, they transform and they distribute.
- They deal with materials, with products, with people and with information.
Links
- Beshears, Fred (2000). Mintzberg's Taxonomy of Organizational Forms, online paper, Berkely. Retrieved 13:19, 3 June 2006 (MEST). This web page provides a very useful overview.
- Henry Mintzberg's homepage, includes links, including some articles for download.
References
- Mintzberg, H. 1979. The Structuring of Organizations. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
- Mintzberg, H. (1983) Structure in Fives: Designing Effective, Organizations", Prentice Hall.
- Mintzberg, H., J. Lampel, S. Ghoshal, J.B. Quinn; (1991). The Strategy Process: Concepts, Contexts, Cases. Prentice Hall.
- Mintzberg, H and L Van Der Heyden (2002). Taking A Closer Look: Reviewing The Organization, Ivey Business Journal, september/october.