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The structuring of organisations : a synthesis of the research / Henry Mintzberg.

By: Mintzberg, Henry.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Theory of management policy series.Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, NJ. : Prentice Hall, 1990Description: xvi, 481 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0138537712.Subject(s): Organization | Industrial organization | ManagementDDC classification: 658.402
Contents:
The essence of structure -- Part I: How the organization functions -- Five basic parts of the organization -- The organization as a system of flows -- Part II: The design parameters -- Design of positions: Job specialization -- Design of positions: Behavior formalization -- Design of positions: Training and indoctrination -- Design of superstructure: Unit Grouping -- Design of superstructure: Unit size -- Design of lateral linkages: Planning and control systems -- Design of lateral linkages: Liaison devices -- Design of decision-making system: Vertical and Horizontal decentralization -- Part III: The contingency factors -- The effective structuring of organizations -- Age and size -- Technical system -- Environment -- Power -- Part IV: Structural configurations -- The simple structure -- The machine bureaucracy -- The professional bureaucracy -- The divisionalized form -- The adhocracy -- A concluding pentagon.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.402 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00016684
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Presents methods and examples of organizational structure using empirical literature to describe how organizations structure themselves. The book discusses the nature of managerial work, strategy formation process and issues associated with each type of structure.

Bibliography: p. 481-496 - Includes index.

The essence of structure -- Part I: How the organization functions -- Five basic parts of the organization -- The organization as a system of flows -- Part II: The design parameters -- Design of positions: Job specialization -- Design of positions: Behavior formalization -- Design of positions: Training and indoctrination -- Design of superstructure: Unit Grouping -- Design of superstructure: Unit size -- Design of lateral linkages: Planning and control systems -- Design of lateral linkages: Liaison devices -- Design of decision-making system: Vertical and Horizontal decentralization -- Part III: The contingency factors -- The effective structuring of organizations -- Age and size -- Technical system -- Environment -- Power -- Part IV: Structural configurations -- The simple structure -- The machine bureaucracy -- The professional bureaucracy -- The divisionalized form -- The adhocracy -- A concluding pentagon.

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