Principles of Design for High Performing Organizations: An Assessment of the State of the Field of Organizational Design Research

Abstract

This comprehensive review of the literature on organizations and organizational design assesses the current literature and provides an integrative model of design for high performing organizations. The model is based on an analysis of current theories of organizational structure/design (including systems, ecological, emergent and strategic choice theories) and key change issues facing complex organizations (retrenchment, learning, innovation, and the development of strategic alliances). Retrenchment learning, Ecology, Innovation, Strategic choices, Strategic alliances, Emergent actions, Organizations and their structure/design

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA286184

Entities

People

  • Christopher C. Baughn
  • Richard N. Osborn

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Employment
  • Health Services
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Intellectual Property
  • Management Personnel
  • Mathematical Models
  • Medical Personnel
  • Money
  • Organizational Structure
  • Psychology
  • Recreation

Readers

  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.