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Effect of Organizational Design on Job Satisfaction with
Specific Reference to Organic and Mechanistic Designs
Submitted to Prof. Yamini Prakash Submitted by Group No. 10, Section C
Group Members:
Sunitha R (Team Coordinator) FPM13011
Naveena Raja PGP28114
Swamy Mahesh PGP28119
Prakash Prabu M PGP28120
Ulaganathan N PGP28124
Preethi Viswanathan PGP28137
Mukul Gupta FPM13008
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Table of Contents1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 3
1.1 Job Satisfaction ............................................................................................................................. 3
1.2 Organic and Mechanistic designs.................................................................................................. 3
2. Review of Literature ............................................................................................................................ 4
3. Research Methodology ....................................................................................................................... 7
3.1 Research Objective ....................................................................................................................... 7
3.2 Propositions .................................................................................................................................. 7
3.3 Research Design ............................................................................................................................ 7
3.4 Sampling Plan ................................................................................................................................ 8
3.5 Target Population.......................................................................................................................... 8
3.6 Sampling Technique ...................................................................................................................... 8
3.7 Sample size and Design ................................................................................................................. 8
4. Data Analysis ....................................................................................................................................... 9
5. SAMPLE PROFILE ............................................................................................................................... 10
6. DATA ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................. 12
6.1 Satisfaction pertaining to Working hours ................................................................................... 13
6.2 Satisfaction pertaining to Relationship with co-workers/Superiors ........................................... 13
6.3 Satisfaction pertaining to Opportunity to utilize your skills and talents .................................... 13
6.4 Satisfaction pertaining to Salary ................................................................................................. 14
6.5 Satisfaction pertaining to Growth/Opportunities for promotion ............................................... 14
6.6 Satisfaction pertaining to variety of Job responsibilities ............................................................ 15
6.7 Satisfaction pertaining to Recognition and rewards ................................................................... 15
6.8 Satisfaction pertaining to Participation in decision making ....................................................... 15
6.9 Satisfaction pertaining to Motivation from superiors ................................................................ 16
7. Recommendations ............................................................................................................................ 16
8. Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................... 17
REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................... 18
APPENDIX .............................................................................................................................................. 19
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1. Introduction
Organizational Design is a process that enhances the probability of success of the
organization. More specifically, Organization Design is a formal, guided process for
integrating the people, information and technology of an organization. It is used to matchthe form of the organization as closely as possible to the purpose(s) the organization seeks to
achieve. Through the design process, organizations act to improve the probability that the
collective efforts of members will be successful. Organizations can be categorized along a
continuum ranging from a mechanistic design to an organic design. Employee Job
satisfaction depends on number of factors pertaining to work itself, relations of the employees
with their subordinates and superiors, goal personality compatibility etc. Apart from these,
organizational design also influences the level of job satisfaction an employee derives. In the
light of this observation, this study tries to understand the effect of organic and mechanistic
designs of the organization structures on employee job satisfaction.
1.1 Job Satisfaction
Job satisfaction is in regard of ones feeling or state of mind regardi ng the nature of their
work. Job satisfaction describes a positive feeling about a job, resulting from an evaluation of
its characteristics. A person with a high level of job satisfaction holds positive feelings about
his or her job, while a person with a low level holds negative feelings. Job satisfaction can be
influenced by a variety of factors, e.g., the quality of one's relationship with their supervisor,
the quality of the physical environment in which they work, degree of fulfillment in their
work, etc.
1.2 Organic and Mechanistic designs
In general, a mechanistic design means that the organization is characterized by machine-like
standard rules, procedures, and a clear hierarchy of authority. These organizations are highly
formalized and are also centralized, with most decisions made at the top. An organic design
means that the organizations is much looser, free flowing, and adaptive. Rules and
regulations often are not written down or, if written down, are flexibly applied. People may
have to find their own way through the system to figure out what to do. The hierarchy of
authority is looser and not clear-cut. Decision-making authority is decentralized.
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Various contingency factors will influence whether an organization is more effective with a
primarily mechanistic or a primarily organic design. The differences in organic and
mechanistic designs are explained by the variables given as under;
Centralization versus decentralized structure: centralization means that decision authority is
located near the top of the organizational hierarchy. In decentralization, decision making
authority is pushed down to lower organizational levels.
Specialized tasks versus empowered roles: in a mechanistic design, tasks are broken down
into specialized, separate parts, as in a machine, with each employee performing activities
according to a specific job description. In an organic design, employee play a role in the team
or department and roles may be continually redefined or adjusted.
Formal versus informal systems: with mechanistic design, there are numerous rules,
regulations and standards procedure. With an organic design, on the other hand, there are few
rules or formal control systems.
Vertical versus horizontal communication: Mechanistic organization emphasizes vertical
communication up and down the hierarchy. In an organic design, there is a greater emphasis
on horizontal communication, with information flowing in all directions within and across
departments and hierarchical levels.
Hierarchy of authority versus Collaborative Team work: In organizations with a mechanistic
design, there is a close adherence to vertical hierarchy and the formal chain of command. An
organic design on the other hand, emphasizes collaborative team work rather than hierarchy.
2. Review of Literature
Alexander Nikolenko1, Brian H. Kleiner, (1996) said, Organizations are subject to a variety
of constantly changing internal and external influences, such as organizational strategy and
environmental conditions in his work titled "Global trends in organizational design". Of
these, of particular importance are the development of the global marketplace and increasing
global competition, and the emergence of a knowledge-based economy that is characterized
by a high level of development of communications and information technologies. In response
to these factors, new forms of organization structure have emerged: the horizontalorganization, the network organization and the virtual corporation. Asks whether such
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structures are adequate to meet the constant change of the world into which we are moving,
and whether they can meet the needs of organizations in varying situations in different
economies in disparate countries and with different cultures.
Rachid Zeffane2, (1992) in his "Organizational Structures: Design in the Nineties", Reviews
and discusses some major issues and controversies of the early 1990s. Focuses on issues
pertaining to organizational restructuring and design in the face of emerging contemporary
forces and examines corporate responses to those forces. Examines, in particular, the problem
of choice of appropriate structures and the controversies and implications relating to
downsizing in the light of dominant suggestions and various research findings from different
platforms of management thinking. This concludes with suggestions for organizational
success in these areas.
Michael W. Stebbins3, Abraham B. Shani, (1995) supposed in his study titled
"Organization design and the knowledge worker", that the field of organization design is
changing rapidly, reflecting contributions from managers and diverse organizational
consultants. One of the most recent developments is in the design of non-routine systems.
Explores non-routine systems design from a socio-technical systems (STS) perspective.
Includes a brief discussion of non-routine systems and an examination of alternative methods
for diagnosing and redesigning organizations composed of knowledge workers. The results of
two STS case studies provide new learnings and point to special design principles for non-
routine systems. This concludes with implications for both managers and STS consultants
interested in management of knowledge workers.
Richard A. Yoder4, Scott L. Eby, using Swaziland's Ministry of Health as a case study
assessed the extent to which the empirical data supports anecdotal information and trends
towards decentralized and participatory management systems. Specifically, this study
measures the level of participation in decision making and assesses its impact on job
satisfaction, measures the level of and analyses differences in job satisfaction by job
classification, and identifies and analyses the determinants of employee job satisfaction. Data
were obtained from a survey questionnaire which was constructed and administered to 447
employees of the Ministry of Health, a 42 per cent sample, at fifteen representative locations
throughout the country. Simple descriptive statistics and multivariate techniques are used to
analyze the data. From the analysis, policy implications are developed for designing
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administrative structures and systems that respond to emerging quality of work life needs,
strengthening productivity, and improving the quality of services provided.
Acorn5
S, et al tested a theoretical model of the following variables, decentralization,
professional autonomy, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment. Data were collected
through a comprehensive survey of first-line nurse managers (N = 200) in acute care hospitals
with more than 100 beds in British Columbia, Canada. The final model excluded all explored
personal characteristics of the nurse manager-gender, health or vitality status, marital status,
age, education, and years of supervisory or management experience. Job satisfaction was
found to be an important predictor of organizational commitment. However, decentralization
was most important because it affected organizational commitment directly, as well as
indirectly, through professional autonomy and job satisfaction.
Daulatram B. Lund6, (2003) found in his paper titled, "Organizational culture and job
satisfaction", this empirical investigation examines the impact of organizational culture types
on job satisfaction in a survey of marketing professionals in a cross-section of firms in the
USA. Cameron and Freemans (1991) model of organizational cultures comprising of clan,
adhocracy, hierarchy, and market was utilized as the conceptual framework for analysis. The
results indicate that job satisfaction levels varied across corporate cultural typology. Within
the study conceptual framework, job satisfaction invoked an alignment of cultures on the
vertical axis that represents a continuum of organic processes (with an emphasis on flexibility
and spontaneity) to mechanistic processes (which emphasize control, stability, and order). Job
satisfaction was positively related to clan and adhocracy cultures, and negatively related to
market and hierarchy cultures.
Mary S. Thibodeaux7, Sandy K. Faden, (1994) in their study "Organizational Design for
Self-managed Teams", explores the organizational components deemed necessary to the
development of heterogeneous self-managed work teams. Explains the interrelationship
between organizational structure and strategies. Describes the organic structure, with
emphasis on formalization, socialization, training and empowerment/ decentralization, as the
cornerstone of the development of these teams. This outlines strategies for effective use of
communication, shared values and trust.
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3. Research Methodology
3.1 Research Objective
This study has one major research objective. It is to determine the effect of organizational
design elements on Job satisfaction of the employees. There are few secondary objectives like
studying different structural design elements, and its varying effect on different aspects of
employee job satisfaction. Based on these objectives following research question is formed:
Q1. What is the influence of Mechanistic structure of the organization and Organic structure
of the organization on the employee Job satisfaction?
3.2 Propositions
The following propositions were proposed for understanding the relationship between
organizational design and level of employee job satisfaction.
1. Mechanistic organizational design results in lesser employee Job satisfaction.2. Organic organizational structure results in higher employee job satisfaction.
3.3 Research Design
In order to determine the perspective of employees in different organizations the Descriptive
Research method of Conclusive Research Design is followed in human resource studies. In
this study, we tried to understand the employees level of satisfaction with respect to the
organizational structure they belong to. This study is more of exploratory and combined with
descriptive research. Since the objective of Descriptive research is to describe the
characteristics on the basis of the prior formulation of specific assumptions, it is very much
relevant for this study. At the same time exploratory research was useful in understanding the
research problem clearly. For this we used extensive secondary data research, expert opinion
and conducted telephonic conversations with the sample respondents. In the descriptive
research, the primary emphasis is on data collection through a survey and Interview method
of data collection. It includes selecting the right kind of respondents, designing an appropriate
questionnaire, administering questionnaire, conducting interviews, collecting the data
preparing it, and finally concluding with the findings of the research tools. In order to
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perform the descriptive research, in this study, single cross-sectional design is followed. In
this methodology of descriptive research one sample of respondents is drawn from the target
population and information is obtained from this sample once. Thereafter the assumptions
would be analyzed using the appropriate research tools.
3.4 Sampling Plan
Sampling is the act, process, or technique of selecting a suitable sample, or a representative
part of a population for the purpose of determining parameters or characteristics of the whole
population. Sampling is one of the components of a research design. It is the only feasible
way to collect research data in this organizational structure and behavior problem.
3.5 Target Population
The target population is people who are working in organizations having organizational
structures appropriate to this study. People who are working at different hierarchy level and
playing different roles in the organization from different organizational designs are in the
target population.
3.6 Sampling Technique
The study is a single cross sectional study because the data were collected at a single point of
time. For the purpose of present study, a related sample of population was selected on the
basis of convenience.
Reasons for using Convenience Sampling Technique:
Convenience sampling is least expensive. Convenience sampling is least time consuming. In convenience sampling the sampling units are accessible easily. In this kind of sampling the sampling units are easy to measure and cooperative.3.7 Sample size and Design
Sample size- A sample 54 employees have responded for the questionnaire. Thereafter respondents were contacted again telephonically and through emails to understand the
design elements of their organization. The actual employees were contacted on the basis of
convenience sampling.
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Data collection mode- Online questionnaire and Telephonic Interview. Research period- Research work is carried out for a period of 10 -12 days. Research Instrument- The research work is carried out through self-administeredquestionnaires and Structured Telephonic Interview.
4. Data Analysis
As the study is more of exploratory than descriptive qualitative Data analysis techniques were
employed to analyzed the data, rather than using quantitative techniques. Analysis tools used
for the study are, Single frequency tabulations, Joint Frequency Tabulations, Custom Tables
using SPSS and Pie charts.
Initially Data was collected by administering structured online questionnaire composed of
Job satisfaction questionnaire sourced from www.salisbury.edu/careerservices to support
the findings and strengthen the study respondents were contacted again using telephonic
method and Emails and were asked to describe whether their organization is Mechanistic
or Organic after making the respondents understand the difference. Then the responses were
recorded using dichotomous questions.
Composition of Employees: In telephonic interview the respondents were asked following
questions.
1. Whether their organization is Centralized or Decentralized?2. Whether they have specialized Tasks or Empowered roles?3. Whether their systems are Formal or Informal?4. Whether they have vertical or horizontal communication in place?5. Whether they have hierarchy of authority or Collaborative team work?Based on the responses to these questions the respondents were categorized into mechanistic
organization design structure organizations and organic organization design structure
organizations. From the respondents studied 43 % of the respondents are categorized into
mechanistic structure organizations and rest 57 % of the respondents were categorized into
organic design organizations.
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5. SAMPLE PROFILE
The data has been collected from a sample of 54 people covering organizations such as CTS,
TCS, Infosys, L&T and BHEL. The major percentage of the sample is from IT systems
profile constituting 35% of the sampled data. These 54 samples are spread across various
levels of management from Entry level management to senior level management. While a
majority of 35% belongs to entry level management there is a considerable response from
senior management of about 9%.
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The table no 1: The data collected from the respondents on the various parameters
relating to job satisfaction. (Data in percentages)
1 ( Very
Dissatisfied)
2
(Dissatisfied)
3
(Neutral)
4
(Satisfied)
5
(Very
Satisfied)
Working Hours 9.3 13.0 24.1 22.2 31.5
Relationship with co-
workers/Superiors
1.9 11.1 13.0 44.4 29.6
Opportunity to utilize your
skills and talents
18.5 20.4 22.2 29.6 9.3
Salary 13.0 22.2 31.5 20.4 13.0
Growth/Opportunities from
promotion
7.4 42.6 25.9 18.5 5.6
Variety of Job
responsibilities
7.4 29.6 13.0 37.0 13.0
Recognition and Rewards 9.3 27.8 29.6 25.9 7.4
Participation in decision
making
7.4 25.9 25.9 35.2 5.6
Motivation from Superiors 7.4 22.2 22.2 38.9 9.3
The various parameters on which the data was collected were working hours, relationship
with co-workers and superiors, independence given to utilize their talents, satisfaction with
respect to salary, career growth, diversity in the work, rewards and recognition, participatory
decision making and motivation from the superiors. Most of the responses were skewed
towards the neutral point in all aspects. One of the striking inference from the data collected
was that majority of the people (about 35%) are very satisfied with the working hours. Also
the data shows that there is a considerable percentage of people (about 18.5%) think that they
were not given opportunities to use their skills and talents.
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6. DATA ANALYSIS
Table no 2: Frequency tabulation showing the relationship between Job satisfaction &
Organizational Design
Type of Organization structure
Mechanistic structure Organic structure
HD D N S HS HD D N S HS
Working Hours 13 13 13 17 43 6 13 32 26 23
Relationship with co-
workers/Superiors
4 17 4 35 39 0 6 19 52 23
Opportunity to utilize
your skills and talents26 17 22 30 4 13 23 23 29 13
Salary 13 17 26 26 17 13 26 35 16 10
Growth/Opportunities
from promotion9 43 26 17 4 6 42 26 19 6
Variety of Job
responsibilities
13 35 4 30 17 3 26 19 42 10
Rewards and
Recognition13 30 26 26 4 6 26 32 26 10
Participation in
decision making9 30 17 39 4 6 23 32 32 6
Motivation from
Superiors13 22 22 30 13 3 23 23 45 6
HDHighly dissatisfied
DDissatisfied
NNeutral
SSatisfied
HSHighly Satisfied
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Findings: In this table we tabulated the relationship between different variables pertaining to
job satisfaction on the kind of organization design where the employee is working. As part of
Job satisfaction, different elements were measured on a scale starting from highly dissatisfied
with 1 point to highly satisfied with 5 points. Coming to the findings;
6.1 Satisfaction pertaining to Working hours
60% of the employees from Mechanistic structure and 49% of the employees from organic
structures are satisfied with their working hours. 13% from the Mechanistic organizations and
32 % from the organic organizations are neutral about their working hours, where as 26% of
the employees from the mechanistic design structures and 19% of the employees from the
Organic structures are dissatisfied with their working hours.
Inference: Employees are satisfied with working hours of Mechanistic designs than with the
Organic structures as they work for fixed working hours in Mechanistic structures unlike
Organic structures.
6.2 Satisfaction pertaining to Relationship with co-workers/Superiors
74% of the employees from Mechanistic structure and 74% of the employees from organic
structures are satisfied with their Relationship with co-workers/Superiors. 4% from the
Mechanistic organizations and 19 % from the organic organizations are neutral about their
Relationship with co-workers/Superiors, where as 22% of the employees from the
mechanistic design structures and 6% of the employees from the Organic structures are
dissatisfied with their Relationship with co-workers/Superiors.
Inference: satisfaction level of the employees pertaining to relationship with co workers and
superiors is similar for mechanistic structures and organic structures but dissatisfaction levels
are higher in mechanistic structures.
6.3 Satisfaction pertaining to Opportunity to utilize your skills and talents
35% of the employees from Mechanistic structure and 42% of the employees from organic
structures are satisfied with their Opportunity to utilize your skills and talents. 22% from the
Mechanistic organizations and 23 % from the organic organizations are neutral about their
Opportunity to utilize your skills and talents, where as 43% of the employees from the
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mechanistic design structures and 35% of the employees from the Organic structures are
dissatisfied with their Opportunity to utilize your skills and talents.
Inference: satisfaction level of employees pertaining to utilize skills and talents is lesser in
mechanistic organization as they have little scope for creativity in their specialized tasks.
With reference to this aspect very good percentage of respondents from organic designs are
satisfied comparatively.
6.4 Satisfaction pertaining to Salary
43% of the employees from Mechanistic structure and 26% of the employees from organic
structures are satisfied with their salary. 26% from the Mechanistic organizations and 35 %
from the organic organizations are neutral about their salary, where as 30% of the employees
from the mechanistic design structures and 39% of the employees from the Organic structures
are dissatisfied with their salary.
Inference: coming to satisfaction pertaining to salary mechanistic structure employee are
more sissified and less dissatisfied compared to organic structure designs. Here the jobs are
evolving and employees take more responsibility, hence they expect better salary than
mechanistic structures.
6.5 Satisfaction pertaining to Growth/Opportunities for promotion
22% of the employees from Mechanistic structure and 26% of the employees from organic
structures are satisfied with their Growth/Opportunities for promotion. 26% from the
Mechanistic organizations and 26 % from the organic organizations are neutral about their
Growth/Opportunities for promotion, where as 52% of the employees from the mechanistic
design structures and 48% of the employees from the Organic structures are dissatisfied with
their Growth/Opportunities for promotion.
Inference: satisfaction levels in organic structures are higher and dissatisfaction levels are
lower compared to mechanistic structures in case of growth/opportunities for promotions.
Though organic structures have lesser levels they do go for job enlargement and helps
employee growing along the organization, this results in higher satisfaction compared to
mechanistic structures where growth opportunities are lesser.
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6.6 Satisfaction pertaining to variety of Job responsibilities
48% of the employees from Mechanistic structure and 52% of the employees from organic
structures are satisfied with their variety of Job responsibilities. 4% from the Mechanistic
organizations and 19 % from the organic organizations are neutral about their variety of Job
responsibilities, where as 48% of the employees from the mechanistic design structures and
29% of the employees from the Organic structures are dissatisfied with their variety of Job
responsibilities.
Inference: though satisfaction levels are similar and higher in both the structures with respect
to variety of job responsibilities, dissatisfaction levels are varying. Almost half of the
mechanistic structure respondents are dissatisfied with respect to variety of job
responsibilities, where as organic structures have a much lower dissatisfaction on this factor.
6.7 Satisfaction pertaining to Recognition and rewards
30% of the employees from Mechanistic structure and 35% of the employees from organic
structures are satisfied with their Recognition and rewards. 26% from the Mechanistic
organizations and 32 % from the organic organizations are neutral about their Recognition
and rewards, where as 43% of the employees from the mechanistic design structures and 32%
of the employees from the Organic structures are dissatisfied with their Recognition and
rewards.
Inference: though satisfaction levels are similar in both the structures with respect to
recognition and rewards, dissatisfaction levels are varying. Almost half of the mechanistic
structure respondents are dissatisfied with respect to recognition and rewards, where as
organic structures have a lower dissatisfaction on this factor compared to mechanistic
structures. .
6.8 Satisfaction pertaining to Participation in decision making
30% of the employees from Mechanistic structure and 35% of the employees from organic
structures are satisfied with their Participation in decision making. 17% from the Mechanistic
organizations and 32 % from the organic organizations are neutral about their Participation in
decision making, where as 39% of the employees from the mechanistic design structures and
29% of the employees from the Organic structures are dissatisfied with their Participation in
decision making.
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Inference: satisfaction levels in organic structures are higher and dissatisfaction levels are
lower compared to mechanistic structures in case of Participation in decision making. As is
evident from the results organic structures support Participation in decision making where as
mechanistic structures follows centralized decision making system.
6.9 Satisfaction pertaining to Motivation from superiors
43% of the employees from Mechanistic structure and 52% of the employees from organic
structures are satisfied with their Motivation from superiors. 22% from the Mechanistic
organizations and 23 % from the organic organizations are neutral about their Motivation
from superiors, where as 35% of the employees from the mechanistic design structures and
26% of the employees from the Organic structures are dissatisfied with their Motivation from
superiors.
Inference: in general both the categories of employees are satisfied with the motivation they
receive from the super visors, with a positive bent from organic structures. The same way
higher level of dissatisfaction is recorded in mechanistic structures than in organic structures
on this element.
7. Recommendations
With mechanistic design structure, albeit there are numerous rules and regulations, the
standard working conditions influence the workers more than organic structure. Particularly,
standard working hour is one of the factors which satisfy the workers more. Based on
Inference 2, the relationship between co-workers in mechanistic and organic structures is of
no big different. However, it is good to have a situation where everybody in the organization
is easily approachable any time.
In the aspects of utilizing the skills of workers, mechanistic design needs to improve its ways
to utilize the skills of workers which serve better for improvement of the firm. In the purview
of salary packages, organic structure organizations need to improve as they expect a lot
different responsibilities from their employees.
As the satisfaction levels of organic structure are higher in terms of career growth indicates
that mechanistic structure design needs to assign more responsibilities to workers rather than
having monotonous work. This improves the morale of the workers leads to development of
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the company which in turn, generates more rewards and recognition to the workers. The
feeling of job satisfaction takes multiple folds when it is clubbed with high responsibility
with deserved rewards and recognition. This may be lacking in mechanistic design firms but
it is not something which could not be improved. Though, organic structure firms take the
upper hand when compared with mechanistic firms, the latter has its own merits which could
not be quantifiable by the former.
8. Conclusion
As they say, every coin has its flip side, both organic and mechanistic design structures
possess certain positives which are missing in the other design. However, these positives
could be developed in any kind of firm and at the end of the day, it is all about taking the firm
and its employees in the right direction towards growth. Now, the balance may look heavier
towards organic design structure but nevertheless, mechanistic design structure, developing
its certain aspects, takes its weight and makes the balance even.
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APPENDIX