Mechanistic Structures Are High in Formalisation

question 29

True/False

Mechanistic structures are high in formalisation.

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Definitions:

Open-Book Management

A business strategy where employees are provided with company financial information to help them make better decisions and understand how their actions affect the company's performance.

Participative Management

A management style in which employees at all levels are encouraged to contribute ideas towards identifying and solving problems, making decisions, and setting goals.

Jack Stack

A business leader and author known for pioneering the concept of open-book management and the principle of teaching employees about finance and business strategies.

Psychological Size

The perceived power one person has over another; the ability to make others feel weak and dependent; the ability to determine careers, decide wages, and make job assignments; an important concept for people in authority positions. The abuse of psychological size results in resentment and rebellion, or apathy and dependence, whereas the effective use of psychological size results in maximum morale and productivity.