Obvious or not true after all?
I was reading over this summary of the organic-mechanistic typology of Burns and Stalker, and at first sight it seems simple and logical: the best way to organize a company is contingent upon its environment in the following way:
If the environment of the firms is stable, go for the mechanistic organization type.
If the environment is changing (quickly), the organic organization form is preferable.
HOWEVER, assuming we all live in a fast-changing world (who would disagree with that), how come that we still find so many mechanistic organizations??? Maybe there's more to it than Burns and Stalker thought... I wonder what?
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Alex Lowy, Canada
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Resistance to Change
Countering Burns and Stalker's observation is the natural tendency of systems and those within them to resist change. Incumbents tend to hold onto outmoded structures, processes and methods well past their prime and suitability for a host of understandable yet unhelpful reasons.
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Bhawna, India
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Mixture of both
Well in my opinion not many organization are opting for a typical mechanistic of organic structure. ... Sign up
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Hein, Belgium
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Mix of organic and mechanistic
Thanks Bwana for your correction, of course in reality we see mixtures of organic and mechanistic. B... Sign up
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Brendan Dunphy, France
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Fast Changing world?
The world as a whole may be changing more quickly but individual industries have different 'clock sp... Sign up
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Cameron, US
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Creating an organic organization
Many people (employees) have difficulty or dislike adapting to change. This makes it hard to setup a... Sign up
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Holmes, UK
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Mechanistic vs Organic Systems
Why are there so many mechanistic organisations? The answers, are as ever, money, time and faith. Th... Sign up
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ullhas Pagey, India
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Burns & Stalkers Typology
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John, England
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Burns and Stalker right or wrong?
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