Mintzberg taxonomy of organizational forms

Draft

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).

• http://www.delphipharma.com/innovators.htm

• 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.