Organizational Change Patterns in the Air Force System Program Office.

Abstract

This research attempted to analyze and integrate the work of several previous thesis teams into a definitive model which will explain the causal relationships among nine organizational variables (program phase, organization size, tenure, level of bureaucracy, organizational climate, role conflict, role ambiguity, role stress, and conflict intensity) as the Air Force System Program Office progresses through its life cycle. The statistical technique to be employed was cross-lagged analysis, a technique designed for use in longitudinal research. However, upon examination of the raw data provided by each team, they were found to be incompatible for use in cross-lagged analysis. The research effort was then altered to (1) adapt the data to a form useable in cross-lagged analysis, (2) demonstrate the use of the technique in analyzing organization variables, and (3) delineate required events for the successful use of cross-lagged analysis in the study of the variables in question.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA074374

Entities

People

  • Daniel V. Connors
  • Dennis M. Maloney

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Information Science
  • Life Cycles
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Management
  • Military Training
  • Numbers
  • Organizational Structure
  • Psychology
  • Real Numbers
  • Surveys
  • System Software
  • United States

Readers

  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Theoretical Analysis.