Organisational and business structures Flashcards
Which building block is this describing:
Higher management - overall strategic, long-term planning
Strategic apex
Which building block is this describing:
managers linking between the strategic apex and operating core
Middle line
Which building block is this describing:
the basic work of the organisation
Operating core
Which building block is this describing:
accountants, computer specialists and engineers whose role is to design procedures and standards
Technostructure
Which building block is this describing:
provision of services to the organisation which support operations/production
Support structure
Which building block is this describing:
organisation’s values and beliefs
Ideology
What are Mintzberg’s five coordinating mechanisms?
Direct supervision Standardisation of work Standardisation of skills Standardisation of outputs Mutual adjustment
Seven basic principles of organisational structure
Division of work Scalar chain Correspondence of authority and responsibility Centralisation Unity of command Unity of direction Equity
What is the key building block of:
Simple/entrepreneurial structure
Strategic apex
What is the key building block of:
machine bureaucracy
Technostructure
What is the key building block of:
professional bureaucracy
Operating core
What is the key building block of:
Divisional structure
Middle line
What is the key building block of:
Adhocracy/innovative
Operating core/support staff
What is the key coordinating mechanism of:
Simple/entrepreneurial structure
Direct supervision
What is the key coordinating mechanism of:
Machine bureaucracy
Standardisation of work
