Leadership from the Balcony: Organizational Structure Part 3

Friday, August 3, 2018

Organizational Structure Part 3

Force & Form Within Organizations

Organizational Force

Force of Direction

Integration emerges from unity of direction

Force of Efficiency

Balancing the ratio between costs and benefits
Low ratio of costs to benefits = higher force of efficiency

Force of Proficiency

Levels of competencies and knowledge

Force of Concentration

Opportunity to focus on tasks and markets

Force of Innovation

Search for new products and services

Co-operation & Competition

Cooperation - merging norms and beliefs
Competition - the removal of politics detrimental to the organization

Mintzberg’s Organizational Forms

Entrepreneurial Form

Authority located with a single individual
Highly centralized
Low formalization
Low standardization

Machine Form

High Complexity
High Formalization
Low Centralization
Rules & Regulation Based
Functional Departments

Professional Form

Expert Based
High Formalization
Low Centralization

Adhocracy Form

Low Standardization
Low Formalization
High employment of project teams
Low Hierarchy

Diversified Form

Product Dominated
Organized around products and divisions

Until next time...

Sheryl Tuchman, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
http://tools2succeed.com/

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