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Mintzberg's Organization Types Henry Mintzberg

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born September 2, 1939 in Canada renowned academic and author on business and management published about 170 articles and 17 books recently published book: Managing the Myths of Health Care

Six basic parts of the organization 1. Ideology

halo of beliefs and traditions; norms values and culture

2. Strategic Apex

top management → role is to interpret/define mission of organization and to ensure its objectives are consistens with mission

3. Operating Core

operations, operational processes → people who perform basic work of producing the products

4. Middle Line

middle management → Form a chain joining the strategic apex to the operating core by the use of delegated formal authority

5. Technostructure

analysts that design systems, processes, etc

6. Support Staff

support outside of operating workflow

Organization Types Entrepreneurial Organization: • • • •

entrepreneurial company has informal, non-standardized structure and rules direct supervision key part of organization is Strategic Apex Type of organization has a simple and flat structure

→ Example: start-up companies, one-person company, family companies

Machine Organization (Bureaucracy) • • • • • • •

defined by its standardization strict hierarchical control Key part of organization is Technostructure Tight vertical structure, functional lines go all the way to the top → allows top managers to maintain centralized control jobs are defined, formal planning process with budgets and audits and procedures will regularly be analyzed for efficiency often large manufacturers, government agencies and service firms that perform routine tasks

→ Example: McDonald's Professional Organization • • • • • •

is complex, lots of rules and procedures difference is that prof. org. rely on highly trained professionals who demand control of their own work allows different professionals to work within a social structure while maintaining their own work A key principle of professional organizations is the autonomy Structure is typical for org. who has a large number of knowledge workers disadvantage: lack of control that senior executives can exercise, because authority and power are spread down through the hierarchy

→ Example: Universities

Divisional (Diversified) Organization • • • • • •

has many different product lines and business units central headquarter supports number of autonomous divisions that make own decisions and have own unique structure large and mature organizations, that have a variety of brands, produce a wide range of products or operate in different geographical regions allows managers to maintain more control and accountability (other than in machine structure) day-to-day decision making → central team can focus on main strategic plans key part of organization is Middle line

→ Example: Apple Innovative Organization (Adhocracy) • • • • •

best suited to traditional organization highly flexible → pool of talents → workers move from team to team relatively low standardization and formality with little hierarchy, Its form is often driven by the need for speed operation is based on trust in others to be able to do their jobs well

→ Example: Google Missionary Organization • • • • •

achieve control through standardization of norms work is very clear, focused, inspiring and distinctive small tasks and units are clear through the clarity of the mission Centralization through leaders who want to achieve the goal of the clear mission (decentralization) key part of organization is Ideology

→ Example: Fairphone Political Organization • • • •

In a political system there is typically little or no external competition → people turn inwards to compete organization best described in terms of power, not structure different work deviations are possible, but the choice will always be political can enforce of destroy hierarchy of authority → professional and innovative organization are particularly susceptible to organizational politics, because of their relatively weak system of authority

→ Example: Regulatory agencies, Monopolies

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