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new forms of organizational structure  

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  • Until the last 25 years, bureaucracy was the basic form of organizing for consistency and uniformity, but pressures to act quickly and creatively toward customers, suppliers, competitors, and the market have resulted in new organizing strategies. Several of those strategies are described below. [Source: Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia; Organizational Structure, New Forms of]

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