The purpose of the study is to identify configurations present within intercollegiate athletics departments. I-A programs participated.
Results indicate that hybrid types are present in the context of intercollegiate athletics.
Multiple regression analysis indicates that one configuration, the Professional Machine Bureaucracy, was a significant predictor of effective departments. Conversely, characteristics of another hybrid form, the Simple Bureaucracy, was a predictor of less effective departments. I-A departments, but programs in other classifications as well.