Corporate Entrepreneurship: How to Create a Thriving Entrepreneurial Spirit Throughout Your Company

Organizational Structures for Corporate Entrepreneurship

While structures and systems are necessary for the management and control of a corporation, they need to have some flexibility for a corporate venture. The adoption of the right corporate entrepreneurship organizational structure depends on the size of the organization, type of market, organizational and venturing objectives, and the availability of human resources. Bureaucracy is a formal organizational structure characterized by tight control systems, rigidity, structured channels of communication, specialization, hierarchy, and positions held based on expertise. These bureaucratic characteristics can inhibit organizational corporate entrepreneurship. The more hierarchical the organizational ...