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Handy's Culture and Organisation structure

MM074y ago
Professor, way time back I asked you this same question but I am confused a little. Handy's culture to organisation structure. Task culture is matrix organisation. Power culture is entrepreneurial organisation. Role culture is functional organisation. Person culture is kind of divisional organisation. Have I said these correct?
kengarrettkengarrettTutor4y ago#1
Structure and culture do not correlate perfectly. Task culture implies flexibility so that people get the job done. This might be seen in a matrix structure but could also exist in a functional organisation where, for example, people in production are multi-skilled and step in as needed. Similarly, although a power culture is almost inevitable in an entrepreneurial organisation (small, one boss) it can also exist in a functional structure where there is little delegation of decision-making power.
MM074y ago#2
Alright professor. Understood!
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