Thread: Organizational design and structure

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Organizations are structured initially around tasks. As the organization develops, the structure of the organization can take on many characteristics. Mintzberg illustrated the basic structures as simple structure, machine bureaucracy, professional bureaucracy, divisionalized form, and adhocracy. There is a relationship between size and structure that affects the centralization of the organization. Technology affects organizational structures and affects whether they are categorized as mechanistic or organic.