One size does not fit all

contingency theory: based on the environment the business needs to have a different structure.

Organizations can be:

• mechanistic:
  • formal, centralized, specialized and bureaucratic.
  • good for simple, stable and certain environments.
• organic:
  • informal, decentralized, few authority levels, breadth view.
  • good for uncertain and complex environments.

projects are temporary organizations within organizations.

variables to measure a project: uncertainty and complexity.