Ebook: Automated Organizations: Development and Structure of the Modern Business Firm
Author: Nelio Oliveira (auth.)
- Tags: Organization/Planning, Innovation/Technology Management, Business Strategy/Leadership, Industrial Organization
- Series: Contributions to Management Science
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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This book attempts to characterize a new organizational form that is now visible in many companies as a substitute of previous forms related to mechanized or mechanistic standards. The book is based on the approach of organizational structure and on Henry Mintzberg’s work on organizational configurations. As a matter of fact, it attempts to supplement and updateMintzberg's organizational taxonomy, taking into account changes in the structure and work organization of business firms. The book is written for all people whose work is related to organizations and who are interested in the subjects it deals with.
This book attempts to characterize a new organizational form that is now visible in many companies as a substitute of previous forms related to mechanized or mechanistic standards. The book is based on the approach of organizational structure and on Henry Mintzberg’s work on organizational configurations. As a matter of fact, it attempts to supplement and updateMintzberg's organizational taxonomy, taking into account changes in the structure and work organization of business firms. The book is written for all people whose work is related to organizations and who are interested in the subjects it deals with.
This book attempts to characterize a new organizational form that is now visible in many companies as a substitute of previous forms related to mechanized or mechanistic standards. The book is based on the approach of organizational structure and on Henry Mintzberg’s work on organizational configurations. As a matter of fact, it attempts to supplement and updateMintzberg's organizational taxonomy, taking into account changes in the structure and work organization of business firms. The book is written for all people whose work is related to organizations and who are interested in the subjects it deals with.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Organizational Structure, Format, Shape, Design and Architecture....Pages 7-13
Types of Structure....Pages 15-26
Henry Mintzberg’s Five Basic Configurations....Pages 27-37
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Automation and Its Consequences for Organizations: From Fordism to Information Technology....Pages 41-63
The Organizational Environment: From Continuity to Dynamism....Pages 65-81
Organizational Strategy: From Integration to Specialization....Pages 83-100
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
New Organizational Possibilities....Pages 103-122
New Coordination Mechanisms....Pages 123-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
The Automated Bureaucracy....Pages 147-199
Variations of the Automated Bureaucracy....Pages 201-218
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Final Comments....Pages 221-226
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Back Matter....Pages 227-236
This book attempts to characterize a new organizational form that is now visible in many companies as a substitute of previous forms related to mechanized or mechanistic standards. The book is based on the approach of organizational structure and on Henry Mintzberg’s work on organizational configurations. As a matter of fact, it attempts to supplement and updateMintzberg's organizational taxonomy, taking into account changes in the structure and work organization of business firms. The book is written for all people whose work is related to organizations and who are interested in the subjects it deals with.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Organizational Structure, Format, Shape, Design and Architecture....Pages 7-13
Types of Structure....Pages 15-26
Henry Mintzberg’s Five Basic Configurations....Pages 27-37
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Automation and Its Consequences for Organizations: From Fordism to Information Technology....Pages 41-63
The Organizational Environment: From Continuity to Dynamism....Pages 65-81
Organizational Strategy: From Integration to Specialization....Pages 83-100
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
New Organizational Possibilities....Pages 103-122
New Coordination Mechanisms....Pages 123-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
The Automated Bureaucracy....Pages 147-199
Variations of the Automated Bureaucracy....Pages 201-218
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Final Comments....Pages 221-226
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Back Matter....Pages 227-236
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