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Organizational Theory,
Design, and Change
Text and Cases
Fourth Edition
Gareth R. Jones
Basic Challenges
of Organizational
Design
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Learning Objectives
1. Describe the four basic
organizational design challenges
confronting managers and
consultants
2. Discuss the way in which these
challenges must be addressed
simultaneously if a high-
performing organizational
structure is to be created
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Learning Objectives
Distinguish among the design
choices that underlie the
creation of either a mechanistic
or an organic structure
Recognize how to use
contingency theory to design a
structure that fits an
organization’s environment
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Design Challenge 1
= Differentiation
= People in this organization take on
new tasks as the need arises and
it’s very unclear who is responsible
for what, and who should report to
whom. This makes it difficult to
know on whom to call when the
need arises and to coordinate
people’s activities so they work
together as a team.
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Differentiation
= The process by which an
organization allocates people and
resources to organizational tasks
= Establishes the task and authority
relationships that allow the
organization to achieve its goals
= Division of labor: the process of
establishing and controlling the
degree of specialization in the
organization
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Differentiation
= In a simple organization,
differentiation is low because the
division of labor is low.
= Individuals typically perform all
organizational tasks.
= In a complex organization,
differentiation is high because the
division of labor is high.
= Total process is “divided up” so that
individuals perform separate tasks.
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Organizational Roles
= Set of task-related behaviors
required of a person by his or her
position in an organization
= As the division of labor increases,
managers specialize in some roles and
hire people to specialize in others.
= Specialization allows people to
develop their individual abilities and
knowledge within their specific role.
= The identification of roles leads to
authority and control issues.
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Authority and Control
Authority: the power to hold
people accountable for their
actions and to make decisions
concerning the use of
organizational resources
Control: the ability to coordinate
and motivate people to work in
the organization's interests
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Subunits: Functions and
Divisions
= Function: a subunit composed of
a group of people, working
together, who possess similar
skills or use the same kind of
knowledge, tools, or techniques to
perform their jobs
= Division: a subunit that consists
of a collection of functions or
departments that share
responsibility for producing a
particular good or services
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Five Function Types
Support functions: facilitate an
organization’s control of its relations
with its environment and its
stakeholders
Purchasing, sales and marketing, public
relations and legal affairs
Production functions: manage and
improve the efficiency of an
organization’s conversion processes so
that more value is created
Production operations, production control,
and quality control
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Functions
Maintenance functions: enable an
organization to keep its departments
in operation
Personnel, engineering and janitorial
services
Adaptive functions: allow an
organization to adjust to changes in
the environment
Research and development, market
research, and long-range planning
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Managerial Function
Managerial function: facilitate
the control and coordination of
activities within and among
departments
Top management, middle management,
and lower-level management
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Figure 4-2: Building
Blocks of Differentiation
Organization
Division
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Vertical and Horizontal
Differentiation
= Vertical differentiation: the way an
organization designs its hierarchy of
authority and creates reporting
relationships to link organizational
roles and subunits
=" Horizontal differentiation: the way
an organization groups organizational
tasks into roles and roles into
subunits (functions and divisions)
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Figure 4-3: Horizontal and
Vertical Differentiation
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Design Challenge 2
= Balancing Differentiation and
Integration
= We can’t get people to
communicate and coordinate in
this organization. Specifying
tasks and roles is supposed to
help coordinate the work process,
but here it builds barriers
between people and functions.
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Balancing Differentiation and
Integration
= Horizontal differentiation is
supposed to enable people to
specialize and become more
productive.
= However, specialization often limits
communication between subunits.
= People develop subunit orientation.
* Subunit orientation: a tendency to view
one’s role in the organization strictly from
the perspective of the time frame, goals,
and interpersonal orientations of one’s
subunit
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Integration and
Integrating Mechanisms
= Integration: the process of
coordinating various tasks,
functions, and divisions so
that they work together and
not at cross-purposes
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Seven Types of
Integration Mechanisms
i. Hierarchy of authority: “who
reports to whom”
2. Direct contact: managers meet
face to face to coordinate activities
3. Liaison roles: a specific manager
is given responsibility for
coordinating with managers from
other subunits on behalf of their
subunits
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Types of Integration
Mechanisms
Task force: managers meet in
temporary committees to
coordinate cross-functional
activities
Teams: managers meet
regularly in permanent
committees to coordinate
activities
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Integration Mechanisms
Integrating role: a new role is
established to coordinate the
activities of two or more
functions or divisions
Integrating department: a
new department is created to
coordinate the activities of
functions or divisions
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Examples of Integrating
Mechanisms
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Balancing Differentiation and
Integration
= Managers facing the challenge of
deciding how and how much to
differentiate and integrate must do two
things:
1. Carefully guide the process of
differentiation so that it develops the
core competences that give the
organization a competitive advantage
2. Carefully integrate the organization by
choosing appropriate integrating
mechanisms that allow subunits to
cooperate and that build up the
organization’s core competences
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Design Challenge 3
= Balancing Centralization and
Decentralization
= People in this organization don’t
take responsibility or risks. They
are always looking to the boss for
direction and supervision. As a
result, decision making is slow and
cumbersome, and we miss out on a
lot of opportunities to create
values.
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Balancing Centralization and
Decentralization
= Centralization versus
decentralization of authority
= Centralized: organizational setup
whereby the authority to make
important decisions is retained by top
level managers
= Decentralized: an organizational
setup whereby the authority to make
important decisions is delegated to
managers at all levels in the
hierarchy
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Balancing Decision-Making
Authority
= Decisions about how to
distribute decision-making
authority in an organization
change as the organization
grows and differentiates
= Balancing authority is an
ongoing managerial task.
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Design Challenge 4
= Balancing Standardization and
Mutual Adjustment
= People in this organization pay too
much attention to the rules.
Whenever | need somebody to
satisfy an unusual customer request
or need real quick service from
another function, | can’t get it
because no one is willing to bend or
break the rules.
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Balancing Standardization
and Mutual Adjustment
Standardization: conformity to specific
models or examples that are considered
proper in a given situation
Mutual adjustment: the compromise
that emerges when decision making and
coordination are evolutionary processes
and people use their judgment rather
than standardized rules to address a
problem
Formalization: the use of written rules
and procedures to standardize operations
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Balancing Standardization
and Mutual Adjustment
= Socialization
= Rules: formal, written statement that
specify the appropriate means for reaching
desired goals
= Norms: standards or styles of behavior
that are considered acceptable or typical
for a group of people
= Socialization: the process by which
organizational members learn the norms of
an organization and internalize these
unwritten rules of conduct
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Standardization versus
Mutual Adjustment
= Challenge facing managers is to
find a way of using rules and
norms to standardize behavior
= However, at the same time,
managers need to allow for mutual
adjustment to give managers
opportunity to discover new and
better ways to achieve goals.
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Mechanistic and Organic
Organizational Structures
=" Mechanistic structures:
structures which are designed to
induce people to behave in
predictable, accountable ways
" Organic structures: structures
which promote flexibility, so
people initiate change and can
adapt quickly to changing
conditions
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Figure 4-6: Mechanistic
and Organic Structures
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Figure 4-7: Task and Role
Relationships
A. Individual Specialization in a B, Joint Specialization in an Organic
‘Mechanistic Structure. A person in ‘Structure. A person in a role is
8 role specializes in a specific task assigned to a specific task or set
or set of tasks. of tasks. However, the person is
able to learn new tasks and
develop new skills and capabilites.
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Contingency Approach
= A management approach in
which the design of an
organization’s structure is
tailored to the sources of
uncertainty facing an
organization
= Organization should design its
structure to fit its environment.
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hose Fit
Organization and Its
Environment
Poor Fit
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۳ Degree oft
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Differentiation, Integration, and
the Environment
= Investigated how companies in
different industries differentiate
and integrate their structures to
fit the environment
= Three industries that experienced
different levels of uncertainty:
1 The plastics industry
< The food-processing industry
The container or can-manufacturing د
industry
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Findings: Lawrence and
Lorsch
= When environment is perceived
as more unstable and uncertain:
= Effective organizations are less
formalized, more decentralized and
rely more on mutual adjustment.
= When environment is perceived
as stable and certain:
= Effective organizations have a more
centralized, standardized, and
formalized structure:
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Differentiation and
Integration
Degree of Uncertainty
Food-Processing
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Uncertainty (complexity
dari, richness) Heh Moderate Low
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Structural Variables
Departmental
dlifereniation Heh Moderate Low
Cross-unctionl سم
integration و Moderate Low
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Burns and Stalker
= Also found that organizations need
different kinds of structure to
control their activities based on
the environment
* Unstable and changing environment:
Organic structures are more effective
= Stable environment: Centralized,
formalized and standardized
characteristic of mechanistic
structures are more effective
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Environmental
Uncertainty and Structure
‘Simple sbucture ‘Complexstructure
Low dfferentiation High diferertiaion
Lowintegration High intogation
Decentralized decision mating
Mutual adjustment
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