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Week 5 Discussion 2_ Organizational Behavior

Week 5 Discussion 2_ Organizational Behavior

Q Describe some of the side effects of organizational controls in a large mechanistically structured organization, such as the United States Postal Service. Identify at least one other large mechanistically structured organization that could have the same problems.

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The mechanistic structure in organizations focuses on rules and regulations that emphasize on a strong and controlling middle management and operations through a centralized staff. These types of organizations stress on developing “well-documented control systems” along with specific techniques for the process of decision-making (Uhl-Bien, Schermerhorn, Osborn, 2014). This vertical structure of control and specialization can have side effects in mechanistic organizations like the United States Postal Service like less motivated employees and a general atmosphere of forced effort and lack of “capacity to adjust”.