What Are Some Common Organizational Designs?
8-3 Compare and contrast traditional and contemporary organizational designs.
In making structural decisions, managers have some common designs from which to choose: traditional and more contemporary. Let’s look at some.
What Traditional Organizational Designs Can Managers Use?
When designing a structure, managers may choose one of the traditional organizational designs. These structures—simple, functional, and divisional—tend to be more mechanistic in nature. (See Exhibit 8–9 for a summary of the strengths and weaknesses of each.)
Exhibit 8–9
Traditional Organization Designs
Source: Robbins, Stephen ...
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