Abstract: Abstract Organizational structure defines how tasks are allocated, who reports to whom, and the formal coordinating mechanisms and interaction patterns among members. Some organizations are highly specialized, formalized, and centralized, have a tall hierarchy of authority, and are highly bureaucratic, whereas some others rely less on formal codes of behavior, create cross‐hierarchical and cross‐functional teams, and develop boundaryless forms. Organizations then differ the ways in which various subunits are coordinated, interrelated, and supervised. Other contextual variables such as size, technology, and environment influence organizational structure. Most common structural configurations are simple structure, bureaucracy, divisionalized form, matrix structure, adhocracy, and network organization.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-21
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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