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Kestrel Analytics is a small, fast-growing firm run by its founder, who personally makes nearly all decisions and supervises staff directly. Coordination is achieved through the founder's direct supervision, and there is little formalisation. Which Mintzberg configuration does Kestrel most closely resemble?

Kestrel resembles Mintzberg's simple structure, because a founder at the strategic apex makes the decisions and coordinates work by direct supervision, with little formalisation or support staff. It is typical of small, young, entrepreneurial organisations.

  1. ASimple structureCorrect
  2. BMachine bureaucracy
  3. CProfessional bureaucracy
  4. DAdhocracy

Explanation

Simple structure has a strategic apex dominant, minimal middle line and technostructure, and coordination by direct supervision. Machine bureaucracy relies on standardised work processes and a large technostructure, which Kestrel lacks.

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