Matching Pairs Mgmt chp 15 pt 2Online version Mgmt chp 15 pt 2 by Ryan Brown 1 Contingency approach to organization design 2 Modular structure 3 Divisional structure 4 Mechanistic organizations 5 Virtual organization 6 Centralized decision making 7 Functional structure 8 Matrix structure 9 Organizational design 10 Hollow structure 11 Decentralized decision making 12 Organic organizations Flexible networks of multitalented individuals who perform a variety of tasks combines functional and divisional chains of command to form a grid with two command structures important decisions are made by middle- and lower-level managers organization identifies partners with the needed talents and negotiates an agreement in which the participants typically work in separate facilities, linked by technology as they work toward a common goal Rigid bureaucracies with strict rules, narrowly defined tasks, and top-down communication. Outsources parts of a product instead of processes organization identifies core competencies and outsources other activities such as manufacturing, order taking and shipping The structures of accountability and responsibility used to develop and implement strategies, and the human resource practices and information and business processes that activate those structures organizations tend to be more effective when they are structured to fit the demands of the situation groups people according to the business functions they perform manufacturing, marketing, finance key decisions are made by top management groups together activities related to outputs type of product, customer, or geography