Organizational effectiveness depends largely on the degree of "fit" between an organisation's structure and its environment

The term organizational effectiveness has received considerable criticism as to the way it is viewed by its many stakeholders. For instance, the achievement of goals and objectives, resource acquisition and allocation, internal effectiveness and stakeholder satisfaction can all be interpreted differently by its various stakeholders (employees, top management and shareholders). It can be broadly defined as "the importance of achieving productivity through the effective management of people, and their commitment to, and involvement with, the …

…implies that if certain factors exist (technology, size or environmental changes) then certain variables within an organisation's structure are more suitable for implementation. Bibliography oe A. Huczynski & D. Buchanan, Organisational Behaviour: An Introductory Text, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall. oe L. J. Mullins, Management and Organisational Behaviour, 4th Edition, Pitman Publishing oe R. H. Rosenfeld & D. C. Wilson, Managing Organisations, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill. oe S. P. Robbins, Organisational Behaviour, 9th Edition, Prentice Hall.