Obel Issues of Organizational Design

A Mathematical Programming View of Organizations
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4831-8967-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Web PDF

Issues of Organizational Design: A Mathematical Programming View of Organizations analyzes the view that organizations can be represented satisfactorily by a mathematical programming model and relates it to other theories of organizational behavior. The potential of this approach to organizational analysis is evaluated. Comprised of seven chapters, this book begins with an overview of the three major schools of organizational theory: the classical/structural school, the human relations school, and the contingency school. It then defines what an organization is and outlines the relationship between organizational elements. The example of the two-product firm is used to illustrate the basic model framework, and how coordination, diversification, and incentives can be treated in this framework.Subsequent chapters explore the relationship between the contingency approach and the mathematical programming approach to organizational design; the coordination problem and the process of decision making in a decentralized organization; the decomposition of the organization into a number of smaller units; and types of evaluation and incentive schemes for addressing cheating in a multi-level organization. The book also presents a series of empirical studies where a mathematical programming view of organizations has been assumed before concluding with a discussion on the process of designing organizations. This monograph will be useful for students of organizational design and for practitioners who use models in connection with decision making.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Obel, Børge

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Issues of Organizational Design: A Mathematical
Programming View
of Organizations;6
3;Copyright Page;7
4;Table of Contents;8
5;PREFACE;12
6;CHAPTER
1. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW;16
6.1;Current Trends in Organizational Design;16
6.2;What is an Organization?;23
6.3;The Organization as a System of Constraints;35
6.4;A Mathematical Programming Formulation;37
6.5;Measurement Problem;43
6.6;Organizational Design;45
6.7;Appendix 1A;48
7;CHAPTER
2. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE "CONTINGENCY APPROACH" AND THE MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING APPROACH;50
7.1;The Contingency Approach to Organizational Design;50
7.2;A Mathematical Programming Approach to Organizational
Design;56
7.3;Environment;66
7.4;Organizational Interdependence;72
7.5;Technology;74
8;CHAPTER
3. ORGANIZATIONAL COORDINATION;78
8.1;The Coordination Problem;78
8.2;The Process of Decision Making in a Decentralized
Organization;80
8.3;A Price-Directive Approach;86
8.4;A Budget Approach;96
8.5;A Unified Coordination Procedure;102
8.6;Properties of the Unified Approach;106
8.7;Introduction of Uncertainty;116
8.8;Man-Machine Planning;123
8.9;Appendix 3A;125
9;CHAPTER
4. ORGANIZATIONAL DECOMPOSITION;138
9.1;Structural Changes;138
9.2;Functional Form;139
9.3;The M-Form;147
9.4;Vertical Decomposition;158
9.5;Matrix Organizations;161
9.6;Organization by Territory and Time;173
10;CHAPTER
5. CHEATING AND INCENTIVE MECHANISMS;176
10.1;Introduction;176
10.2;Cheating and Innovation;178
10.3;Incentive Mechanisms;186
10.4;Conclusion;193
11;CHAPTER
6. THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE;196
11.1;Introduction;196
11.2;Real World Models;196
11.3;Laboratory Experiments;223
11.4;Computer Simulation Experiments;228
12;CHAPTER
7. THE DESIGN PROCESS;240
12.1;Introduction;240
12.2;Statement of the Decision Model;241
12.3;Evaluation of Organizational Designs;250
12.4;Visualization of the Design;255
12.5;A Step-by-Step Procedure;261
12.6;How Mathematical Programming can Help;264
13;REFERENCES;268
14;AUTHOR INDEX;280
15;SUBJECT INDEX;284