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Understanding Bentley’s Organization Structure
Tony Buono
MG345 Organization & Environment
Fall 2014
7 Operating Divisions
Center for
Women and
Business
Center for
Business
Ethics
Service-Learning
Center
External
Relations
Research &
Scholarship
Teaching &
Academic Life
Campus
Life
Bentley Ethics Policy & Campus-wide Ethics Committee
Academic Integrity System
UN Global Compact
Academic Network:
PRME
Conscious Capitalism
Institute
Diversity Initiative
Civic Leadership Program
(Graduation Pledge
Alliance Chapter)
Wilder Teaching, Learning & Curriculum Development Initiatives
Institutional
Review Board
Risk Management
Research Program
Spiritual Life Center
Multicultural Center
Bentley Beliefs
Complex Problems/
Creative Solutions
Module/Fusion Pilots
Ethics Point
Global Business Ethics
Symposium & Teaching Workshop
sponsored by State Street
Foundation
EFMD Responsible Management Education
Initiative
Graduation Pledge
Alliance
Habitat for
Humanity Club
The Ghana Project:
Bentley-Mmofra Trom Partnership
Valente Center
for Arts &
Sciences
Sustainability Office & Bentley Green Society
Corporate & Community Partnerships
Geneen Institute for
Corporate Governance
Liberal Studies
Major
American College & University Presidents Climate
Commitment
Bentley Microfinance Initiative
2014-15 Bentley Alliance for Ethics & Social Responsibility
Next Generation
ESG Scholars
Workshop
Business Ethics
Gadfly Workshop
Pax Populi
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Academic Departments
Department Chair
Faculty
Tenured Faculty
Department Chair
Adjunct Faculty
Image Reality
Environmental Change & Complexity
Low
Uncertainty
Soft drink bottlers
Beer distributors
Container mnftng.
Food processors
Low-Moderate
Uncertainty
Universities
Appliance mnftng.
Chemical firms
Insurance firms
High-Moderate
Uncertainty
E-commerce
Fashion clothing
Music industry
Toy mnftng.
High
Uncertainty
Computer firms
Aerospace Cos.
Telecommunications
Airlines
Stable
Unstable
Environmental
Change
Environmental Complexity
Simple
Complex
Environmental Uncertainty & Organization Structure
Low
Uncertainty
Structure:
Mechanistic
(formal, centralized)
Few departments
Indirect integration
Standard operating
procedures (SOPs)
Low-Moderate
Uncertainty
Structure:
Mechanistic (formal,
some decentralization)
Many departments
Mostly indirect with some
direct integration
Some planning
High-Moderate
Uncertainty
Structure:
Organic (teamwork,
largely decentralized)
Few departments with
boundary spanning roles
Mostly direct with
some indirect integration
Planning orientation
High Uncertainty
Structure:
Organic (informal,
decentralized)
Many departments, many
boundary spanning roles
Mostly direct integration
Extensive planning &
forecasting
Stable
Unstable
Environmental
Change
Environmental Complexity
Simple
Complex