Structural changes should support broader objectives such as centralizing or decentralizing operations, empowering employees, or finding greater efficiencies.

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Structural change concerns changes in the overall formal relationships within an organization. Examples include reorganizing departments or business units, adding employee positions, and revising job roles or assignments.

Structural Change in Organizations

OpenStax Principles of Management. Source pages used for organizational culture, corporate culture, and management topics. https://openstax.org/books/principles-management

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OpenStax Organizational Behavior. Source pages used for organizational culture and organizational change topics. https://openstax.org/books/organizational-behavior

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Objectives Supported by Structural Change

Technological change often induces structural change because it requires different ways of connecting across an organizational system.

Technological Change as a Driver of Structural Change

In renewal or decline, tensions between mechanistic and organic tendencies may become unbalanced. The organization may need to be reorganized or restructured to improve coordination across groups or subunits, and managers may need to address fundamental questions about overall direction and administration.

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