Organization Structures: Theory and Design, Analysis and Prescription

• Main Author: Baligh, Helmy H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: Information and Organization Design Series, 5
• Subjects: Business.; Management science.; Entrepreneurship.; Management.; Organization.; Planning.; Personnel management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Human Resource Management.; Business and Management, general.

Organization Structures: Theory and Design, Analysis and Prescription describes how to organize people to achieve a desired outcome. This is accomplished by establishing sets of rules from "real world" organization contexts. Moreover, the development of these rules within "real world&...

Table of Contents:

• Structure, Performance, Cost, and Outcome
• Organization Structures
• Properties of the Organization Structure
• Structures: Connections, Consistency and Cost
• Properties of Transformations, Environments and Structure Performance
• Analytic Mappings: From Substructure Performance and Environments to Outcomes
• Analytic Mappings: From Structure to Performance, Part One
• Analytic Mappings: From Structure to Performance, Part Two
• The Efficiency of the Design Process
• Design Mappings: Design Rule Derivation and Use
• Design Rules for Organization Structure Performance Properties
• Design Rules for Organization Substructure Properties and Components: Part A
• Design Rules for Organization Substructure Properties and Components: Part B
• A Useful Process of Design.