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What contingency Variables
Affect Structural choice?
6-2 Identify the contingency factors that
favor either the mechanistic model or the
organic model of organizational design.
Top managers typically think long and hard
about what structure will work best.
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IF these are the contingency factors,
THEN this is the most appropriate structure.
The “THEN”:
Appropriate
Organizational ORGANIC
Structure MECHANISTIC
Rigid hierarchical relationships Collaboration (both vertical and horizontal)
Fixed duties Adaptable duties
Many rules Few rules
Formalized communication channels Informal communication
Exhibit 6–7
Mechanistic versus Centralized decision authority Decentralized decision authority
Organic Organizations Taller structures Flatter structures
mechanistic organization organic organization
A bureaucratic organization; a structure that’s high A structure that’s low in specialization, formaliza-
in specialization, formalization, and centralization tion, and centralization
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