Activity: Does your job require an organic or mechanistic structure? The source of this scale is: Steven L. McShane, based on earlier scales by: M. Withey, R. L. Daft, and W. H. Cooper. "Measures of Perrow’s Work Unit Technology: An Empirical Assessment and a New Scale." Administrative Science Quarterly 26, no. 1 (1983): 45-63; J. R. Hackman and G. Oldham, Work Redesign (Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley, 1980); A. H. Van de Ven, A. L. and Delbecq, "A Task Contingent Model of Work-Unit Structure," Administrative Science Quarterly, 19, no. 2 (1974): 183-197.
Different types of jobs require different types of organizational structures. For some jobs, employees work better in an organic structure. In other jobs, a mechanistic structure helps incumbents perform their work better. This self-assessment helps you to estimate the preferred organizational structure for the job in which you currently or have recently worked. If you are currently a student, think about these statements in terms of student work as a job. Indicate the extent to which your job has the characteristic described in each statement. Please indicate the extent to which your job:
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