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After liberalization, business environment changed radically in India. Organizations faced competition and tried to improve their performance. Many organizations tried to change their business processes as well as organizational structure. Information technology played a key role in transforming organizations. Today organizations have become flat but diverse and complex. The objective of the paper is to analyze implications of personality characteristics of employees for designing an appropriate organizational structure for business organizations in India. The paper is based on review of previous research studies in the last decades. Success of any organizational structure depends upon profile of employees. Most organizations expect employees to adjust to their organizational structure. Previous studies on Five Factor Model as well as organizational structure have been reviewed and their implications for designing organizational structure in Indian context have been discussed.

Recent developments in organizational theory emphasize the need to examine the relationship between organizational values and structure. Values underpin organizational structure and give it meaning. Drawing on concepts of culture, institutional theory, and archetypes, this paper tests hypotheses on the value/structure relationship. The sample used for the study was a set of Canadian amateur sport organizations undergoing institutional change. This test shows that there is a fit between elite values and the nature of the institutionally prescribed organizational archetype.