concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: machine bureaucracy

machine bureaucracy
type: Concept
definition: A machine bureaucracy describes a form of organization in which the prime coordinating mechanism in the design of the organization is the standardization of work processes. The key features of a machine bureaucracy include design based on vertical and horizontal job specialization, functional grouping of activities, vertical centralization, limited horizontal decentralization, and efforts to sustain behavior formalization. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies; Machine Bureaucracy]
broader: issues in organizational structure

issues in organizational structure
type: Concept
narrower: machine bureaucracy