Review of “STRUCTURE IN 5’S : A SYNTHESIS OF THE RESEARCH ON ORGANIZATION DESIGN”
Quentin GARNIER, Simon PHILIPPON, Ugo SCHURIG
REVIEW OF “STRUCTURE IN 5’S : A SYNTHESIS OF THE
RESEARCH ON ORGANIZATION DESIGN”
In his book, Mintzberg talks about the different elements of the organizational structure.
He shows 5 main and basic configurations: Simple structure, Machine Bureaucracy,
Professional Bureaucracy, divisionalized Form and adhocracy. He also tells us that these include 5 basic parts of the organization (the operating core, strategy apex, middle line, techno, and supporting staff), 5 Basic Mechanisms of coordination
(mutual adjustment, direct supervision, and the Standardization of work processes, outputs, and skills), the design parameters (job specialization, behavior formalization, training and indoctrination, unit grouping, unit size, work schedule and performance control systems, liaison devices, vertical and horizontal Decentralization Decentralization) and the contingency factoring
(age and size, technical system, environment, and power).
The basics parts of organization, separated in 5 parts : The operating core :
This group includes all employees who produce goods and services of the organization. These are the workers in industrial enterprises, vendors in service businesses, professionals in companies with professional artists in arts organizations … The strategy apex :
This group includes all the top general managers of the organization and their personal staff. The middle line :
This group includes all managers bridge the gap between the strategic apex and center operational. The technostructure :
This group includes all analysts have to task of designing systems that are likely improve the management of the organization. The support staff : This group includes all employees who provide indirect support to the rest of the organization
(for example, legal advice, public relations, payroll, service cafeteria, service
REVIEW OF “STRUCTURE IN 5’S : A SYNTHESIS OF THE
RESEARCH ON ORGANIZATION DESIGN”
In his book, Mintzberg talks about the different elements of the organizational structure.
He shows 5 main and basic configurations: Simple structure, Machine Bureaucracy,
Professional Bureaucracy, divisionalized Form and adhocracy. He also tells us that these include 5 basic parts of the organization (the operating core, strategy apex, middle line, techno, and supporting staff), 5 Basic Mechanisms of coordination
(mutual adjustment, direct supervision, and the Standardization of work processes, outputs, and skills), the design parameters (job specialization, behavior formalization, training and indoctrination, unit grouping, unit size, work schedule and performance control systems, liaison devices, vertical and horizontal Decentralization Decentralization) and the contingency factoring
(age and size, technical system, environment, and power).
The basics parts of organization, separated in 5 parts : The operating core :
This group includes all employees who produce goods and services of the organization. These are the workers in industrial enterprises, vendors in service businesses, professionals in companies with professional artists in arts organizations … The strategy apex :
This group includes all the top general managers of the organization and their personal staff. The middle line :
This group includes all managers bridge the gap between the strategic apex and center operational. The technostructure :
This group includes all analysts have to task of designing systems that are likely improve the management of the organization. The support staff : This group includes all employees who provide indirect support to the rest of the organization
(for example, legal advice, public relations, payroll, service cafeteria, service