SNCF is the French, State-owned railway company, comprised of the parent company SNCF (organized in five divisions) and a number of consolidated subsidiaries. In 2010, it employed 241,000 employee, 65 percent of whom were working for the parent company. More than 70 percent of its annual income is from the railway itself. SNCFs ambition is to become the model for public service companies in Europe.
Which type(s) of coordination mechanism(s) is/are likely to be used by SNCF? Would you that SNCF corresponds closely to one Mintzberg’s six configurations or that it corresponds more closely to a hybrid form?