An Analysis of the Organizational Structure of Quasi-Government Institutions: Focusing on Jeollabuk-do Human Resource Development Foundation

The purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the types and characteristics of the organizational structure of a quasi-governmental organization. The subject of this study will be the Jeonbuk provincial human resource development foundation which is a quasi-governmental organization. Minzberg s organizational growth path model was applied to categorize organizational design variables, including organizational core factors, organizational factors, and organizational context factors, and then 8 variables were manipulated as sub-variables and investigated by questionnaire method. The results show the Jeollabuk-do Human Resource Development Foundation has the following characteristics. The part of the job, was found in the operating department. Second, the complexity of measured organizational internal factors was low or moderate, and limited vertical decentralization and horizontal decentralization were moderate and highly formalized. Third, as a relatively old growth organization, the environment of the small-scale foundation was complex and dynamic. The correspondence among the foundation members was relatively stable and the technology appeared to be complex and stable. These characteristics show that the organizational structure of the Jeollabukdo Human Resource Development Foundation has a specialized bureaucratic structure that is biased toward the characteristic business structure, which is distinct from the mechanical bureaucratic structure of the local government.