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Would you rather work in a mechanistic or an organic organization? Why? Explain your response with specific details and examples.

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I much prefer the organic. Organizations with cross specializations and team approaches are often more flexible. The organization finds regrouping and reflex easier. If the team needs to focus on specific production at one point, but on design or implementation at another, then the organic approach is easier. While there is less definition of hierarchy, there is a sense of sharing of ideas and responsibility that the mechanistic approach finds harder to integrate. ...

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