Methods and concepts for Value Based Management (VBM)
Mintzberg
The organizational configurations framework of Mintzberg is a model that describes six valid organizational configurations:
- entrepreneurial organization
- machine organization
- professional organization
- diversified organization
- innovative organization
- missionary organization
- political organization (= an organizational lacking a real coordinating mechanism)
According to the organizational configurations model of Mintzberg each organization can consist of a maximum of six basic parts:
- Strategic Apex (top management)
- Middle Line (middle management)
- Operating Core (operations, operational processes)
- Technostructure (analysts that design systems, processes, etc)
- Support Staff (support outside of operating workflow)
- Ideology (halo of beliefs and traditions; norms, values, culture)
According to the organizational configurations framework there are six valid coordinating mechanisms in organizations:
- Direct supervision (typical for entrepreneurial organizations)
- Standardization of work (typical for machine organizations)
- Standardization of skills (typical for professional organizations)
- Standardization of outputs (typical for diversified organizations)
- Mutual Adjustment (typical for innovative organizations)
- Standardization of norms (typical for missionary organizations)