Types Of Patterned Variation In Bureaucratic Adaptations To Organizational Stress
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Field data gathered by The Ohio State University Disester Research Center
in studying complex organizations suggest that the bureaucratic model is
inadequate to explain organizational adaptation to stress. The informal
structure does not replace the formal structure in such situations. There
is instead a variety of patterned responses in adating to the stress.
The article illustrates these general points, sets forth a typology of
possible patterned variations in bureaucraric adaptations, and indicates
some internal and external factors to the organization which influences the direction and kind of adaptation followed.