Non-Traditional Organizational Design Concepts

Abstract

Today's organizations are being subjected to heavy internal demands while trying to deal with their dynamic external environments. The United States Air Force (USAF), as an organization, is not an exception. Non-traditional design concepts for structuring organizations are viewed as solutions for coping with those problems. The overall objective is to identify non-traditional organizational design concepts which may be useful to the USAF. The functional form (as prescribed in Air Force Regulation 26-2, Organization Policy and Guidance, 1978) is established as the traditional organizational design concept. The literature reviews are confined primarily to materials published during the period 1976 to mid-1981. Eight non-traditional organizational design concepts are identified and discussed. Following are identified as non-traditional organizational structures: divisional form; consolidation; matrix structure in conjunction with project, program, and product management; management by committee; parallel organization; and team approach. These concepts are analyzed using a set of criteria. Non-traditional concepts have further uses within the USAF. Recommendations for selecting organizational structures provided.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA156618

Entities

People

  • R. B. Heath Jr.

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Geography
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Systems Management
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

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