Enterprise resource planning system
“Visualize a small (6 person) IT project team that is given the task to re-
design a company’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The members of
the team are borrowed from different parts of the IT Department. For example,
the database expert comes from the database “shop” and the tester is from the
testing “shop.” One team member – the specialist on the company’s business
process – comes from outside the IT department.
Which of Mintzberg’s five structural types is this team most likely to
reflect? Explain your rationale in detail and give another (non-project)
example of where this structure is appropriate.
