An adaptive model of organization design that provides guidance in structuring modern organizations. The fact that many different kinds of organization structures exist suggests that no one type of structure is suitable for all organizations. Instead, each type of organization structure has unique strengths and weaknesses that make it appropriate for some situations but not for others. Organizational Design - Structuring an organization involves choices among various alternatives.
Organization design is the process of making choices.
The degree to which a particular type of structure will contribute to the effectiveness of an organization depends on contingency factors that impinge on the organization. Organizational Effectiveness - The ultimate aim of organization design Measures the organization's success in achieving its goals and objectives. In an effective organization, employee behaviors, group and intergroup processes, and organizational factors all contribute toward accomplishing the goals and objectives that serve as the firm's purpose. The groups that provide the organization with the resources it needs to survive. Organizational Productivity - Different from effectiveness in that productivity does not take into account whether a firm is producing the right goods and services.