Question

Managers taking a contingency approach to organizational design should consider which three things in determining the optimal structure for the organization? Espoused vs enacted values of organization Nonprofit vs. mutual benefit organization Differentiation vs. integration environment Link between strategy, structure and culture Mechanistic vs. organic environment

Answer 1

Answer: Link between strategy, structure, and culture.

Explanation:

Contingency approach to organizational design dictates that to handle a given problem, due consideration ought to be taken of dependent factors. This means that business leaders have to be skilled in using their intuition to handle matters. A great deal of flexibility and adaptability is required to achieve this.

Strategy, structure, and culture, all play important roles. This means that the strategy to be used in arriving at a given solution highly depends on the environmental culture, as well as the organizational structure.

Answer 2

Answer: Differentiation vs Integration environment

Link between strategy, structure and culture

Mechanistic vs Organic environment

Explanation:

Differentiation and integration environment

Differentiation looks at how an organization is being divided as regards functional areas and departments while integration looks at how a firm operates at the component level ie inter-deparment. A firm that seeks to survive must find a way to balance the two.

Link between strategy, structure and culture.

Strategy is all about the firm's long term vision and plans and how management hope to actualize them. Structure refers to the way the organization function; its chain of command. Culture refers to the shared values within the organization. The relationship between these three concepts is key.

Mechanistic vs Organic environment

The mechanistic environment is more suitable for a organization that is in a stable environment as it is rigid. An organic environment is more dynamic and will fare better in an unstable environment since it can easily cope with changes.