Matching Pairs Mgmt chp 15 pt 2Online version Mgmt chp 15 pt 2 by Ryan Brown 1 Matrix structure 2 Divisional structure 3 Contingency approach to organization design 4 Organizational design 5 Functional structure 6 Decentralized decision making 7 Centralized decision making 8 Hollow structure 9 Mechanistic organizations 10 Virtual organization 11 Organic organizations 12 Modular structure 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 key decisions are made by top management Rigid bureaucracies with strict rules, narrowly defined tasks, and top-down communication. 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 groups people according to the business functions they perform manufacturing, marketing, finance 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 organizations tend to be more effective when they are structured to fit the demands of the situation groups together activities related to outputs type of product, customer, or geography organization identifies core competencies and outsources other activities such as manufacturing, order taking and shipping Outsources parts of a product instead of processes