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The Structuring of Organizations

Mintzberg, Henry·1989·Readings in Strategic Management
DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-20317-8_23
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This [reading] argues that […] spans of control, types of formalization and decentralization, planning systems, and matrix structures should not be picked and chosen independently, the way a shopper picks vegetables at the market or a diner a meal at a buffet table. Rather, these and other parameters of organizational design should logically configure into internally consistent groupings. Like most phenomena — atoms, ants, and stars — characteristics of organizations appear to fall into natural clusters, or configurations.

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Authors
Mintzberg, H.
Venue
Readings in Strategic Management
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Published
1989
Pages
322-352
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-20317-8_23
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W15047419
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4,258
References
2
FWCI
254.50
Type
book chapter
Language
en
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