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MECHANISTIC AND ORGANIC SYSTEMS
Burns and Stalker propose two contrasting forms of management systems to suit different conditions. These are called as mechanistic organic forms. A mechanistic management system is considered...
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PRODUCT VERSUS FUNCTIONAL FORMS-1
One of the issues in determining the form of an organization relates to the question of whether to group activities primarily by product or by function. Should all specialists in a given function be...
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Product Versus Functional Forms-2
Lawrence and Lorsch highlighted important factors about specialization and coordination. According to them classical theorists saw specialization in terms of grouping of similar activities, skills or...
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Product Versus Functional Forms-3
Today we continue our talk on Product Versus Functional. Walker and Lorsch studies two plants which were closely matched in several ways. They were making the same product; their markets, technology,...
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Product versus Functional Forms-4
The discussion in the preceding section and an overview of literature on function vs product choice, permits us to observe that both forms of organization design have their own set advantages and...
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MATRIX ORGANIZATION
Matrix organization structure originated with the United states Aero Space Programme of the 1960s and the Aero space agency’s extraordinary and conflicting needs for system (for innovation) and order...
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Understanding Organizational Design
We are talking organization design in our blogs. Organizations are social units with specific purposes. The basic elements of organizations have remained the same over the years. Several disciplines...
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ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE AND DESIGN
Organizing is the formal grouping of activities and resources for facilitating attainment of specific organizational objectives. It is possible to achieve objectives without formally organizing, but...
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ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE AND CHART
Organization structure refers to the formal, established pattern of relationships amongst the various parts of a firm or any organization. The fact that these relationships are formal implies that they...
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ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE AND CHART-1
Both the organization chart and job description are simplified abstractions of the actual situation. In reality there are many more positions and relationships than indicated in the organization chart....
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