" Organization StructureAN IMPORTANT INFLUENCE ON SUCCESS OF A NEWSTRATEGYStudent nameSTUDENT ID | 368SAM Table of ContentsTable of Figures ............................................................................................ 3Introduction ................................................................................................... 4Organization Structure .................................................................................. 5Organizational Strategy ................................................................................. 6Organizational Structure & Strategy .............................................................. 7Adhocracy and Entrepreneurial Innovation .................................................... 7Adhocracy ......................................................................................................... 8Entrepreneurial Innovation Strategy .............................................................. 8Adhocracy Organization Structure & Entrepreneurial Strategy ....................... 9Decentralization ............................................................................................... 10Advantage ....................................................................................................... 10Disadvantage .................................................................................................. 10Non-Formalization ........................................................................................... 10Advantage ....................................................................................................... 10Disadvantage .................................................................................................. 11Entrepreneurship and Greiner's Growth Model ............................................ 11Conclusion .................................................................................................. 13Bibliography ................................................................................................ 14 Table of FiguresFigure I: Typology of 5 Basic Configurations ................................................... 6Figure II: Adhocracy structure adopted in the context of entrepreneurialinnovation ................................................................................................. 7Figure III: Influences on Entrepreneurial Innovation Strategies ..................... 11Figure 4: Greiner Growth Model .................................................................... 12IntroductionIn contemporary dynamic world, the organizations are continually underenormous pressure to adopt and adapt to the changes in the environmentthey operate in. Firms which are unable to predict or respond to externalenvironment are unlikely to continue. It has been argued that thoughcapabilities such as manufacturing or design of product and service is anessential, however, for the firms to be successful, more than these capabilitiesare required like adaptive strategies supported by agile structures (Fellin &Powell, 2016).Thus, to survive and compete effectively, the organizationsessentially require structures, strategies, and processes which provideresponsiveness and agility in an ever-changing competitive landscape.Therefore, to traverse through these transitions the organization structure andstrategy have a critical role to play. Therefore, it is of great interest as to howorganization structure influences the strategies to be adopted for a betterperformance going back to Cyert & March (1963). This report aims to explore the impact an organization structure exerts on thestrategy adopted by the firm. Further, various models of organization structurewould be explored and applied to an organization to critically evaluate thesame."