Structure in Fives or Supervision

Structure in Fives: Designing Effective Organizations

Author: Henry Mintzberg

Here's a guide that shows managers how to choose the best organizational design for their business from five basic structures identified by the author. In it readers will discover how to avoid typical mistakes, especially those pertaining to conflict among different divisions.

Table of Contents:

	A Note to the Reader
1	Foundations of Organization Design	1
2	Designing Individual Positions	25
3	Designing the Superstructure	45
4	Fleshing Out the Superstructure	73
5	Untangling Decentralization	95
6	Fitting Design to Situation	121
7	Design as Configuration	151
8	The Simple Structure	157
9	The Machine Bureaucracy	163
10	The Professional Bureaucracy	189
11	The Divisionalized Form	215
12	The Adhocracy	253
13	Beyond Five	283
	Bibliography	299
	Index	305

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Supervision: Key Link to Productivity

Author: Leslie W Ru

Its clear writing style and practical emphasis make Supervision a clear winner in a crowded field. Reflecting their emphasis on productivity,the authors have included an applications section at the end of every chapter to encourage students to apply the concepts learned in the chapter.