Organizational Design Decisions (cont. Contingency Factors (cont.) Size and Structure-size affects structure at a decreasing rate Technology and Structure technollogy-converts inputs into outputs -unit production-production of items in units or small batches -mass production-large-batch manufacturing -process production continuous-process production mechanistic structure supports routine technology organic structure supports nonroutine technology ©Prentice Hal,2002 10-22Organizational Design Decisions (cont.) Contingency Factors (cont.) – Size and Structure - size affects structure at a decreasing rate – Technology and Structure • technology - converts inputs into outputs – unit production - production of items in units or small batches –mass production - large-batch manufacturing – process production - continuous-process production • mechanistic structure supports routine technology • organic structure supports nonroutine technology © Prentice Hall, 2002 10-22