Structure, systems & culture (MINTZBERG)

	Simple structure	Machine Bureaucracy	Professional Bureaucracy	Divisionalised Form	Adhocracy	Missionary
Key Part	Strategic apex	Technostructure	Operating core	Middle line	Support staff	Ideology
Coordinating mechanism	Direct supervision	Standardisation of outputs	Standardisation of skills	Standardisation of outputs	Mutual adjustment	Standardisation of norms
Dominant pull to:	Centralise	Standardise	professionalise	balkanise	collaborate	evangelise

XTech structure now = Simple

· The strategic apex provides the direction and is the lead element – entrepreneurial

· Whilst not explicitly covered in the text, apart from the development operations direct supervision seems the dominating coordinating mechanism; it is clear that this is the case with the relationship between XTech & Allied.

· Sharpe is quoted as saying that 75% of the value-added activities lie with XTech and this is an indication of the organisational pull towards centralisation. With the recruitment of Hesse and plans to expand further in Asia, the structure of XTech may be less distinct than it is now and a more Divisionalised form may develop.