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Organization Forms
- - Type of specialization
- - Type of coordination
- - Mode of control
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Classic Organization Forms
- - Simple Structures: (Mixed specialization criteria; coordination and control by authority and/or lateral communication and peer control; low formalization)
- - Functional Unitary form: (Specialization by function; Coordination by communication based mechanisms; control on actions or on functional sub-goals)
- - Divisional form by product/market: (specialization by product/market; coordination without direct communication; control on residual economic results)
- -Matrixes: (specialization and coordination by by functions and products/outputs in unitary matrixes, or by markets and products in divisional matrixes, double hierarchy and negotiation)
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Distinctive Coordination Mechanisms in Functional Unitary Forms
- - Programs and procedures
- - Hierarchical intervention
- - Inter-functional roles and units
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Distinctive Coordination Mechanism in Divisional Forms
- - Transfer prices
- - Strategic Planning
- - Inter Divisional units: Central staffs, Critical functions, Pilot divisions, Steering committees
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Matrix Forms
- - First levels units specialized both by input/function and by output/product/business areas
- -They can be either unitary or divisional
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Distinctive Coordination Mechanisms in Matrix Forms
- - Double hierarchy
- - Negotiation
- - Steering Committees
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Distinctive Provlems/Costs
- - Unitary/Functional: Dipartimentalization, sub-goal pursuit
- - Divisional: Hollow corporations, agency costs, distributive conflicts, function duplication costs
- - Matrixes: High negotiation and influence cots, schizophrenia
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