Archetypes In The Organizational Theory By Henry Mintzberg

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Mintzberg explained that for an organization to be successful and productive, it should be made-up of quality and skilled individuals. The organization should to be structured in a way to promote and steer up its success. He explains that successful businesses are organized based on structural archetypes. Henry Mintzberg was a management theorist who came up with five fundamental organization structure. He suggested that with a focus on the type of decentralization, prime coordinating mechanism and an essential part of the organization, five organizational archetypes emerge: simple structure, professional bureaucracy, and adhocracy, divisionalize form and machine bureaucracy (Mintzberg, 1983). The five basic structural archetypes that were …show more content…

The organization has many levels of the chain of command, and the span of management is narrow. He expounds by saying that the structure is made of analysts such as accountants ad engineers whose content of work is mainly programmed (Mintzberg, 1983). The machine organizational structure is related to government agencies and large organizational structure. The tasks in this structure are formalized and it is characterized with high level of standardization that allows the firm to function as a machine. The jobs in this structure are defined clearly and procedures are analyzed regularly for efficiency. Divisionalized form Henry also describes the structure as having a middle line; output is standardized, and decision making is decentralized. Central line according to Henry is the immediate chain of command after the top management. The results of to work are already determined and specified as the input is constant (Mintzberg, …show more content…

Adhocracy organizational structure best suits new companies which need innovation in order to survive in the market. In this organizational structure, leadership or power is given to a person or wherever it is required to bring up control issues and provide them with unequaled flexibility. Organization charts are important as it acts as a reminder and a source of reference to employees. It informs the staff on the direction of tasks, information flow and allocation of duties in an organization. The template affirms the importance of coordination and supervision in an organization. I agree with the notion that there are many managers than leaders. For instance, in an organization, there exist many lines of managers who supervise, control and initiate work than is within the set rules and Principles. Leaders are very few in an organization setup who can influence, inspire and challenge people to be creative and

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