Chapter 4 Mechanistic and Organic Innovations

Abstract

The mechanistic-organic assumptions of SF address those organizational factors related to structural arrangements, contextual factors, job-task work activities, and human resources management policies. Organizations adopt structures and procedures in search of legitimacy and institutionalization (Riebero & Scapens, 2006, p. 96). Structures manifest themselves in centralized (mechanistic) and/or decentralized (organic) forms. These structures can be loose or tightly controlled; they can involve independent or interdependent tasks. These conditions have a direct impact on the operation of management information and control systems that will, in turn, impact organizational learning and process innovations, which, ultimately, affects organizational performance.

Citation

Sisaye, S. and Birnberg, J.G. (2012), "Chapter 4 Mechanistic and Organic Innovations", Sisaye, S. and Birnberg, J.G. (Ed.) An Organizational Learning Approach to Process Innovations: The Extent and Scope of Diffusion and Adoption in Management Accounting Systems (Studies in Managerial and Financial Accounting, Vol. 24), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 51-70. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3512(2012)0000024008