Mintzberg taxonomy of organizational forms
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Definition
- This model is useful to identify types of organizations ....
The structure model
Complexity simple complex --------------------------------------- | stable | Machine Professional | bureaucracy organization Pace | of | change | | dynamic | Entrepreneurial Adhocracy | startup
Further stuff
- Organizations do four things: The 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).
- Henry Mintzberg's homepage, includes
References
- Mintzberg, H. 1979. The Structuring of Organizations. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
- Mintzberg, H and L Van Der Heyden (2002). Taking A Closer Look: Reviewing The Organization, Ivey Business Journal, september/october.