Management structures and organisational models

This week’s topics

Management structures and organisational models

1. Classical, bureaucratic, and modern OB models
2. Functional, divisional, and matrix hierarchies
3. Mintzberg's structural configurations
4. Lecture 27: MINZTBERG’S TYPOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
5. Lecture 15: TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
6. Lecture 28: STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF DESIGN CONFIGURATIONS

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Analyse the management structure of a tourism or hospitality organisation using models of organisational behaviour.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the management structure of a tourism or hospitality organisation using models of organisational behaviour.

Study materials

Videos

• 6 Most Common Types of Organizational Structures (Pros & Cons) | From A Business Professor · YouTube · Business School 101 · 17 min · for registered students
• Beyond efficiency: Trevor and Tojeiro describe the new, network-based organisation · YouTube · University of Cambridge Judge Business School · 8 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 7.1–7.2: Organisational structures · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 219–226 · for registered students
• Organizational Behavior, ch. 14: Organizational Structure and Change · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 593–639 · for registered students
• Principles of Management, ch. 10.1: Organisational structures and design · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 272–277 · for registered students