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Implications for HR 

specialists

The main implications of organizational behaviour 

theory for HR specialists are summarized below.

How organizations function

When involved in organization design bear in mind 

that,  while  the  highly  structured  classical  model 

with clearly defined roles and lines of control and 

communication may appear to be the ideal solution, 

in  practice  organizations  function  differently.  It  is 

necessary to take into account the post-bureaucratic 

school and think of the organization as a portfolio 

of dynamic processes that overlay and often domi-

nate  the  vertical,  authority-based  processes  of  the 

hierarchical  structure.  Similarly,  organizational 

development activities should be based on an ana-

lysis and understanding of these dynamic processes.