ideology 6 2 4 5 3 1 Operating core FIVE CONFUGURATIONS Strategic apex Techno structure Support staff Middle line 1 Operating core Mintzbergs five configurations model shows organisational structure as "the sum total of the ways in which it divides its labour into distinct tasks and then achieves coordination among them". Each configuration contains six components Source: Mintzberg, Henry

ideology 6 2 4 5 3 1 Operating core FIVE CONFUGURATIONS Strategic apex Techno structure Support staff Middle line 1 Operating core 1. operating core: consists of the people that are related to the production of the organizations services or products Source: Mintzberg, Henry

ideology 6 2 4 5 3 1 Operating core FIVE CONFUGURATIONS Strategic apex Techno structure Support staff Middle line 1 Operating core 2. middle line: these are the managers who connect the strategic apex with the operating core Source: Mintzberg, Henry

ideology 6 2 4 5 3 1 Operating core FIVE CONFUGURATIONS Strategic apex Techno structure Support staff Middle line 1 Operating core 3. strategic apex: serves the needs of the people who control the organisation Source: Mintzberg, Henry

ideology 6 2 4 5 3 1 Operating core FIVE CONFUGURATIONS Strategic apex Techno structure Support staff Middle line 1 Operating core 4. technostructure: consists of analysts who's job is to design, plan, alter or train the operating core Source: Mintzberg, Henry

ideology 6 2 4 5 3 1 Operating core FIVE CONFUGURATIONS Strategic apex Techno structure Support staff Middle line 1 Operating core 5. support staff: these are the specialists who gives support to the organisation outside of the operating core Source: Mintzberg, Henry

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