Discuss the conditions for WORK FLOW efficiency in each of t

Discuss the conditions for WORK FLOW efficiency in each of the five basic configurations described by Mintzberg.

Simple Structure,

Machine Bureaucracy,

Professional Bureaucracy,

Divisionalized Form,

Adhocracy

Solution

simple structure: it requires less manpower to operate and manage the work, minimum division of labor is acceptable here. coordination in the simple structure is controlled largely by direct supervision. especially, power over all important decisions tends to be centralized in the hands of the chief executive officer. the strategic apex emerges as the key part of the structure.

Machine byreaucracy: it is used at highly specilized and routine tasks, formalized procedures in work flow, cleared regulations and work flow, grouping tasks, and relatively centralized decision making process. the  machine bureaucracies are typically found in the mature organizations, large enough to have the volume of operating work needed for repetition and standardization, and old enough to have been able to settle on the standards they wish to use.

professional bureaucracy: is the standardization of skills and its associated parameters such as design, training and indoctrination, and type structures duly trained and indoctrinated specialists -professionals- are hired for the operating core, and then considerable control over their work is given to them. the strategies of the professional bureaucracy are mainly developed by the individual professionals within the organization as well as of the professional associations on the outside.

divisionalized form: total work will be divisionalized based on the nature of the work and based on the funciton. a similar activity will be assigned to one group and they perform the work only.

adhocracy: it is a highly organic structure, where the it involves little formalization and job specilization is based on formal training to the employees. here a tendency to group the specialists in functional units for housekeeping purposes but to deploy them in small, market-based project teams to do their work, and a reliance on liaison devices to encourage mutual adjustment, the key coordinating mechanism, within and between these teams