Design of Adaptive Organizations

Models and Empirical Research

Paperback Engels 1987 1987e druk 9783540178347
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Organization design has been discussed by many authors in management and organization theory. They have obtained intuitive and prescriptive propositions appealing that the best organization design is contingent on the environmental conditions. But their studies, called contingency theory, are mostly based on empirical research. Most of the "propositions" are drawn as only inferences from the results of them. On the other hand, decision theoretic models of "organizations" in the stochastic environment have been studied by some economists and management scientists independently of contingency theory. In this book, important aspects of organization design problems are formulated as statistical decision problems in the framework of management and organization theory. Part One of this book analyzes a short-run adaptive problems of the organization design. Part One contains an expanded exposition of the ideas and results published in the professional journals, and I would like to thank the anonymous reviewers of the following journals: Behaviormetrika, Human Relations, Behavioral Science. Part Two of this book considers a long-run adaptive process in the organization, and has not previously been published in its IV present form, although a version of this part is to appear in Journal of the Department of Liberal Arts, March 1987, The University of Tokyo. The resul ts of Part One and Part Two are supported by the empirical research on Japanese firms in Part Three. This research was financially supported by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (NTT). I acknowledge this gratefully.

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ISBN13:9783540178347
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Druk:1987

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One Short-Run Adaptive Problems.- 1 The Model.- 1.1 Organization Structures.- 1.2 Management Systems.- 1.3 The Decision Process Model.- 2 Efficient Organizational Design.- 2.1 The Separation Theorem.- 2.2 Existence of an Optimal Decision Rule.- 2.3 Efficient Organization Structures.- 2.4 Efficient Management Systems.- 3 Some Managerial Problems.- 3.1 Efficient Management Systems and Information Costs.- 3.2 Neutral Tasks and Service Departments.- 3.3 Minimax Solutions of Organization Design Problems.- Two Long-Run Adaptive Problems.- 4 Management Systems of Innovation.- 4.1 The Model.- 4.2 Efficient Management Systems.- 4.3 Efficient Management Systems and Members’ Abilities.- Three Managerial Implications.- 5 Implications for Organization Theory.- 5.1 Propositions on the Efficient Organizational Design.- 5.2 Contingency Theoretic Implications.- 6 Empirical Research on Japanese Firms.- 6.1 Hypotheses.- 6.2 Methods.- 6.3 Organization Structures under Uncertainty.- 6.4 Management Systems under Uncertainty.- Appendix A Mathemtical Appendix.- Appendix B Trigraph: A Computer Program.- References.

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