THE EFFECT OF CHANGING SIZE UPON ORGANIZATIONS

Abstract

This study is a continuation, under the auspices of the Office of Naval Research, of a project whose objective was to test the hypothesis that the administrative component of an organization increases in size at a proportionately greater rate than does the containing organization. Work is completed or planned in four fields: education, business, municipal government and the military. The hypothesis has been substantiated in a large sample of California's school districts. The first test in business, in a major banking system, did not support the hypothesis. A second test in business, utilizing a number of general hospitals of various sizes, is presently underway; with one- fourth of the sample reviewed, it so far yields a random distribution of administrative component sizes which do not relate to organization size.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0404847

Entities

People

  • Frederic W. Terrien

Organizations

  • San Francisco State University

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Commerce
  • Contracts
  • Cooperation
  • Education
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Military Research
  • Psychology
  • Public Health
  • San Francisco Bay
  • Social Sciences
  • Sociology
  • Statistical Samples
  • Supervisors
  • United States
  • Universities

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  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
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