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Module 3 — Organizational patterns

4 patterns operating at organization / structural / culture scale.

  1. #31 Schein icebergvstack_schein_culture — three-layer culture model (artifacts / espoused values / underlying assumptions). The deepest culture diagnostic in vstack.
  2. #32 Robbins-Judgevstack_robbins_culture — seven-characteristic culture profile + type label.
  3. #33 Org-Structure Matrixvstack_org_structure — Galbraith-Mintzberg six-dimension structural-fit diagnostic.
  4. #34 Span-of-Controlvstack_span_of_control — deterministic graph metrics (max_span, mean_span, centralization_index, hierarchy_depth, span_gini, decision_bottleneck). The math is gated to Python; the LLM only paraphrases.

The deterministic Span-of-Control numbers + pre-shipped canonical baselines (see Calibration baselines) make this module the most ready for monitoring use cases.

See PATTERNS.md at the repo root for full per-pattern detail including citations.