Organizing for Effectiveness: A Guide to Using Structural Design for mission Accomplishment

Abstract

The new structure also meant that TAC units were now organized as they should be in the event of war. Self-sufficient squadrons are more readily deployable than are unyielding, centralized and highly specialized structures. The team orientation brought healthy competition, pride in facilities and aircraft, and true 'ownership' of the product. TAC's change in organization structure was shown to increase effectiveness without sacrificing the traditional concerns for people. Indeed, the structure increased satisfaction and pride as well as performance. And it did so without additional people, without improved airplanes, with fewer parts, and with a less experienced workforce. Of course not all structural changes are as dramatic in their effect; not all are as wonderfully suited to the mission, technology, environment, and the leader's style and philosophy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA204996

Entities

People

  • Edward J. Conlon
  • Jeffrey S. Austin
  • Richard L. Daft

Organizations

  • Texas A&M University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Aircraft Maintenance
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Business Administration
  • Climate Change
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environmental Protection
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Management Personnel
  • Manufacturing
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design