What Contingency Variables Affect Structural Choice?

  1. 8-2 Identify the contingency factors that favor either the mechanistic model or the organic model of organizational design.

Top managers typically think long and hard about what structure will work best.

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Exhibit 8–7

Mechanistic versus Organic Organizations

A figure compares the characteristics of mechanistic and organic organizations.

Mechanistic OR Organic

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