An investigation on a production company via the scope of Mintzberg’s adhocratic organization structure
Kerem Toker · Yasin Cakirel · Dilaysu Cinar
International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science · 2013 · Vol. 2 / Issue 1 · 22-30
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Abstract

 
 
 Today, the importance of innovation for enterprises, increase each passing day. As a result of globalization, enterprises are under intense competitive pressure. They have to make innovation for increasing to market share or for protecting to it at least. Non- innovative firms lose their customers and their existence is face to threat from other innovative actors in the market. Therefore firms have to design their organization structure that encourage to innovation. Mintzberg’s adhocratic organization structure was investigated in this article. Thus, its aim of this study leads to resemblance and diversity between theory and practice via of the theoretical knowledge. As a result of study; high degree of similarity between the application and Mintzberg’s theory, which is related to adhocratic organization structure, has been identified.
 
 
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Kerem Toker
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