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I. Contingency Approaches to Organization Design
II. Strategy, Structural Imperatives, and Strategic Choice

A. Strategy
B. Structural Imperatives

1. Size
2. Technology
3. Environment

C. Strategic Choice

III. Organizational Designs

A. Mechanistic and Organic Designs
B. Sociotechnical Systems Designs
C. Mintzberg's Designs

1. Simple Structure
2. Machine Bureaucracy
3. Professional Bureaucracy
4. Divisionalized Form
5. Adhocracy

D. Matrix Organization Design
E. Virtual Organizations

IV. Contemporary Organization Design

A. Reengineering the Organization
B. Rethinking the Organization
C. Global Organization Structure and Design Issues

1. Between-Culture Issues
2. Multinational Issues

D. Dominant Themes of Contemporary Designs