| Process | Structural | Human Resources | Political | Symbolic |
| Strategic Planning | Strategies to set objectives and coordinate resources | Gathering to promote participation | Arenas to air conflicts and realign power | Ritual to signal responsibility, produce symbols, negotiate meanings |
| Decision Making | Rational sequence to produce right decision | Open process to produce commitment | Opportunity to gain or exercise power | Ritual to confirm values and provide opportunities for bonding |
| Reorganizing | Realign roles and responsibilities to fit tasks and environment | Maintain balance between human needs and formal roles | Redistribute power and form new coalitions | Maintain image of accountability and responsiveness; negotiate new social order |
| Process | Structural | Human Resources | Political | Symbolic |
| Evaluating | Way to distribute rewards or penalties and control performance | Process for helping individuals grow and improve | Opportunity to exercise power | Occasion to play roles in shared ritual |
| Approaching conflict | Maintain organizational goals by having authorities resolve conflict | Develop relationships by having individuals confront conflict | Develop power by bargaining, forcing, or manipulating others to win | Develop shared values and use conflict to negotiate meaning |
| Goal Setting | Keep organization headed in right direction | Keep people involved and communication open | Provide opportunity for individuals and groups to make interests known | Develop symbols and shared values |
| Process | Structural | Human Resources | Political | Symbolic |
| Communication | Transmit facts and information | Exchange information, needs, and feelings | Influence or manipulate others | Tell Stories |
| Meetings | Formal occasions for making decisions | Informal occasions for involvement, sharing feelings | Competitive occasions to win points | Sacred occasions to celebrate and transform the culture |
| Motivation | Economic incentives | Growth and self-actualization | Coercion, manipulation, and seduction | Symbols and celebration |
| Process | Structural | Human Resources | Political | Symbolic |