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Fundamentals of Management, 11/e
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Fundamentals of Management, 11/e

by Stephen P. Robbins, Mary A. Coulter, David A. De Cenzo
April 2015
Beginner content levelBeginner
480 pages
107h 32m
English
Pearson
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What Contingency Variables Affect Structural Choice?

  1. 8-2 Identify the contingency factors that favor either the mechanistic model or the organic model of organizational design.

Top managers typically think long and hard about what structure will work best.

Photo shows several people in an office, looking at the laptop screen of a woman sitting in the center.

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Exhibit 8–7

Mechanistic versus Organic Organizations

A figure compares the characteristics of mechanistic and organic organizations.

Mechanistic OR Organic

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ISBN: 9780135175156