The Nature of Organizing

Job Specialization
Grouping Jobs: Departmentalization
Establishing Reporting Relationships
Distributing Authority
Coordinating Activities

The Bureaucratic Model of Organization Design

Situational Influences on Organization Design

Core Technology
Environment
Organizational Size and Life Cycle

Basic Forms of Organization Design

Functional (U-Form) Design
Conglomerate (H-Form) Design
Divisional (M-Form) Design
Matrix Design
Hybrid Designs

Emerging Issues in Organization Design

The Team Organization
The Virtual Organization
The Learning Organization