The structuring of organizations :a synthesis of the research. /
Henry Mintzberg.
- Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1979.
- xvi, 512 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references p. 481-496 and index.
Contents:The Essence of structure -- How the organizatoin functions: Five basic parts of organization -- The Organization as a system of flows -- The Design parameter: Design of positions: job specialization -- Design of position: behavior formalization -- Design of positions:training and indoctrination -- Design of superstructure: unit grouping -- Design of superstructure: unit size -- Design of lateral linkages:planning and control systems -- Design of lateral linkages:liaison devices -- Design of decision-making system: vertical and horizontal decentralization -- The Contigency factors: The Effective structuring of organizations -- Age and size -- Technical system -- Environment -- Power -- Structural configurations: The simple structure -- The Machine bureaucracy -- The professional bureaucracy -- The Divisionalized form -- The Adhocracy -- A Concluding pentagon.