COMN 4115 Lecture Notes - Technostructure, Adhocracy, Strategic Planning
18 Dec 2013
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Organizational structure varies in terms of environmental demands. From a box manufacturer producing simple products with simple machines (simple) to a space agency that must use skill, knowledge and tools from a variety of fields to achieve complex outputs. (complex) Environment is complex to the extent that the organization must have a great deal of sophisticated knowledge about customers, products, etc. From a local woodcarver whose clients want the same pine carvings year after year (stable) to a csi team who never know exactly what they will walk into. (dynamic) Professional, life is more complex, need to know a great deal more before you get the job: adhocracy (complex/dynamic) factors you"re dealing with are unpredictable. Organization works primarily on mutual adjustment, no previous training because no one can predict what is going to happen next. Mature organizations use 5 structural components to handle the 5 functions to respond to the 4 types of environment.
