Mintzberg, Henry.

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.

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Industrial organization.
Management.

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