mechanistic and organismic organizations

terms used by the British writers Tom Burns and G M Stalker to contrast two very different types of ORGANIZATION. Mechanistic organizations are characterized by high and rigid job specialization and centralized decision-making with vertical channels of communication. Organismic organizations, by contrast, display loose job definitions, greater horizontal communication and some devolution of decision-making to lower levels of the HIERARCHY. The nature of the environment is a critical determinant: stable conditions tend to encourage mechanistic organizations whilst fast-changing product markets tend to encourage the organismic form. See BUREAUCRACY, CONTINGENCY THEORY, CULTURE.

单词	mechanistic and organismic organizations
释义	mechanistic and organismic organizations mechanistic and organismic organizations terms used by the British writers Tom Burns and G M Stalker to contrast two very different types of ORGANIZATION. Mechanistic organizations are characterized by high and rigid job specialization and centralized decision-making with vertical channels of communication. Organismic organizations, by contrast, display loose job definitions, greater horizontal communication and some devolution of decision-making to lower levels of the HIERARCHY. The nature of the environment is a critical determinant: stable conditions tend to encourage mechanistic organizations whilst fast-changing product markets tend to encourage the organismic form. See BUREAUCRACY, CONTINGENCY THEORY, CULTURE.
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