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The Organizational and Structural Transformations of an Enterprise in the Process of Adaptation to Environmental Changes
Dudnieva I. E., Rakov A. S.

Dudnieva, Iuliia E., and Rakov, Artem S. (2026) “The Organizational and Structural Transformations of an Enterprise in the Process of Adaptation to Environmental Changes.” Business Inform 9:385–394.
https://doi.org/10.32983/2222-4459-2026-9-385-394

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Abstract:
This article examines the organizational and structural transformations of an enterprise as a component of the process of adaptation to environmental changes. The study is based on the premise that changes in operating conditions do not necessarily lead to the restructuring of the organizational structure. The need for structural intervention arises when adaptive decisions cannot be effectively implemented within the existing distribution of functions, authority, responsibility, and organizational relationships. The aim of the article is to systematize organizational and structural transformations of an enterprise according to the depth of structural intervention and to substantiate the logic for selecting an appropriate level of transformation in the process of adaptation to environmental changes. The study employs the methods of theoretical generalization and critical analysis of scientific literature, systematization and classification, structural and functional analysis, comparison, and logical modeling. The authors clarify the content of structural mismatch as a condition in which the existing organizational structure constrains the implementation of changes required for enterprise adaptation. It is shown that such a mismatch may manifest itself in the distribution of functions, authority, and responsibility; the composition of organizational units; the nature of vertical and horizontal relationships; coordination mechanisms; and the principles used to group the elements of the organizational structure. It is substantiated that the nature of the structural response is determined not by the environmental change factor itself, but by the content of the resulting adaptive need and the initial characteristics of the enterprise. To systematize structural changes according to the depth of intervention, three levels of organizational and structural transformation are proposed: parametric, configurational, and architectural. The parametric level involves adjustments to individual structural characteristics without changing the overall configuration of the structure; the configurational level involves changes in the composition of organizational units and the stable relationships between them; and the architectural level is associated with a revision of the fundamental principles underlying the formation of the organizational structure. These levels are regarded as alternative structural responses differing in the depth of intervention rather than as mandatory consecutive stages of transformation. The authors propose a logical framework for determining the level of organizational and structural transformation, which links the formation of an adaptive need, the assessment of the capabilities of the existing structure, the diagnosis of structural mismatch, and the selection of the required depth of structural intervention. It is substantiated that the criterion for such a choice should be the sufficiency of structural changes to eliminate the identified mismatch. The proposed approach can be used to substantiate structural decisions made by enterprises in the process of adaptation to environmental changes.

Keywords: organizational structure; adaptation; organizational and structural transformation; structural mismatch; adaptive need; organizational change.

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Dudnieva Iuliia E. – Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Business Administration, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (4 Svobody Square, Kharkіv, 61022, Ukraine)
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Rakov Artem S. – Applicant, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (4 Svobody Square, Kharkіv, 61022, Ukraine)
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