Hybrid organization

A hybrid organization is a body that operates in both the public sector and the private sector, simultaneously fulfilling public duties and developing commercial market activities. As a result the hybrid organization becomes a mixture of both a part of government and a commercial enterprise.

Examples include universities that provide consultancy services on a commercial basis, social housing providers that compete with commercial property developers, public schools that offer trainings for companies and hospitals that provide private medical check-ups.

Hybrid organizations have strong as well as weak points. The combination of public duties and commercial activities can have significant synergy effects. But there is also the risk of unfair competition and that market activities could oust public activities.

References

*Rainey, Hal G. (1996): "Understanding and Managing Public Organisations," Jossey-Bass
*Koppell, Jonathan (2003): "The Politics of Quasi-Government," Cambridge University Press

External links

*http://www.hybridorganisations.com
*http://www.hybridorg.com

The hybrid organization is not only mix of public and private organization, it is a wider organizational concept based on postmodern perspective of organization theory. "Hybrid may occur either because designer deliberately mix forms in an attempt to blend the advantages of two or more different types or because the organization changing"'("Mary Jo hatch’s book “Organization Theory – Modern, Symbolic and Postmodern Perspectives”, 1997, chapter “Modernist: General systems Theory”, pages 35)