Mintbzerg: combinations of structure and power relations and figures out
what kind of organizational configuration types are possible with the
different kinds of combinations.
Entrepreneurial organization
Structure:
Simple, small, young. Flat hierarchy (as the picture shows)
Informal & flexible. It is simple to outsmart the bureaucracy, because it is
fast to change because of the flatness.
There is one whole: the boss + everyone else. Everybody is in the same
lamp (the boss a little bit higher)
Power relationship:
Power relationships are centralized in the leaders hands. The leader is the
visioner. Power concentrated to the hands of the CEO
However, roles go beyond functions. You are invited to think further than
your function this means that organizational members are encouraged to
get a role in the organization: contribution of different roles within the
organization (Sales and R&D)
Minimal bureaucracy and formal policies are part of the organization.
Change:
Change can be fast.
This one goes to the life-cycle type of changes.
Kind of organization:
An entrepreneurial organization
big organization during a crisis.
, Machine organization
Structure
Highly structured and formalized. The work is specialized & standardized
work, so there is no rotation of roles (activities are determined by your
function. Everything is structured. (very contrasting to entrepreneurial
organization!).
The bubbles in the image represent the staff of the organization, at the top
the leader and down everyone else.
Power relationship
Power is related to those who control the systems and procedures. It is
authority-based power. Once received the title, then you are the authority
of that within the organization. Decision-making is structured and
formalized.
Change
The middle management has a central role and is big, therefore the
organization is inflexible for changes. A lot of bureaucracy.
When change happens, it is called periodic bombs/turnarounds. occasional
periods of revolution/turnaround.
Strategy formation= planning
Kind of organization
Tyipcally, large organizations are machine organizations. mass production
organizations.
what kind of organizational configuration types are possible with the
different kinds of combinations.
Entrepreneurial organization
Structure:
Simple, small, young. Flat hierarchy (as the picture shows)
Informal & flexible. It is simple to outsmart the bureaucracy, because it is
fast to change because of the flatness.
There is one whole: the boss + everyone else. Everybody is in the same
lamp (the boss a little bit higher)
Power relationship:
Power relationships are centralized in the leaders hands. The leader is the
visioner. Power concentrated to the hands of the CEO
However, roles go beyond functions. You are invited to think further than
your function this means that organizational members are encouraged to
get a role in the organization: contribution of different roles within the
organization (Sales and R&D)
Minimal bureaucracy and formal policies are part of the organization.
Change:
Change can be fast.
This one goes to the life-cycle type of changes.
Kind of organization:
An entrepreneurial organization
big organization during a crisis.
, Machine organization
Structure
Highly structured and formalized. The work is specialized & standardized
work, so there is no rotation of roles (activities are determined by your
function. Everything is structured. (very contrasting to entrepreneurial
organization!).
The bubbles in the image represent the staff of the organization, at the top
the leader and down everyone else.
Power relationship
Power is related to those who control the systems and procedures. It is
authority-based power. Once received the title, then you are the authority
of that within the organization. Decision-making is structured and
formalized.
Change
The middle management has a central role and is big, therefore the
organization is inflexible for changes. A lot of bureaucracy.
When change happens, it is called periodic bombs/turnarounds. occasional
periods of revolution/turnaround.
Strategy formation= planning
Kind of organization
Tyipcally, large organizations are machine organizations. mass production
organizations.
