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Centralization and Decentralization-1
Today we are going to discuss on Centralization and decentralization as part of Organizations. Centralization refers to consolidating decision making in one coordinating head. Decentralization refers...
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Centralization and Decentralization-2
Centralization is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those regarding decision-making, become concentrated within a particular location and/or group. In political...
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VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STRUCTURE
The classical bureaucratic model of organization though pervasive, has been considered inappropriate to the changing requirements of modern times. A bureaucratic organization was considered to be too...
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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-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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Product versus Functional Forms-5
If functional structure is adopted, projects may fall behind; if product/project organization is chosen technology and specialization may not develop optimally. Therefore, the need for a compromise...
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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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MATRIX ORGANIZATION-1
The change to a matrix cannot be accomplished by issuing a new organization chart People are brought up, by and large, to think in terms of “one person, one boss” and such habits of mind are not easily...
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