Organization design / edited by John Joseph, Oliver Baumann, Richard Burton and Kannan Srikanth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

John, Joseph, editor.

Baumann, Oliver, editor.

Burton, Richard M., editor.

Srikanth, Kannan, editor.

Series:

Advances in strategic management ; 0742-3322 v. 40.

Advances in strategic management, 0742-3322 ; volume 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strategic planning.

Organizational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 339 pages).

Place of Publication:

Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

This volume of 'Advances in Strategic Management'explores emerging trends and contemporary research in the field of organization design. It reflects a renewed focus on the universal problems of organizingthe division of labor and the integration of effort. At the same time, it incorporates new ideas on designs for cooperation in organizations. The studies published here employ a wide variety of theories and research designs to contribute to this renewal of organization design research, considering collaborative ways of working, organizational learning, and strategic innovation.

Contents:

Prelims

Reviewing, revisiting, and renewing the foundations of organization design

Part I Fit and coordination

Designing a culture of collaboration: when changing beliefs is (not) enough

Toward a theory of organizational integration

Part II Configurations and control

The genesis of control configurations during organizational founding

Balanced control as an enabler of organizational ambidexterity

Part III Division of labor and organizational learning

Exploration and negative feedback behavioral learning, escalation of commitment, and organizational design

Differentiation and integration in organizational learning: a garbage can model

Part IV Structure and strategy

Organization design and competitive strategy: an application to the case of divisionalization

Organization design and firm heterogeneity: towards an integrated research agenda for strategy

Part V New organizational forms and problem solving

Forming a collaborative community: an agent-based simulation study of the effects of membership composition

Limits to the wisdom of the crowd in idea selection

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781787563315

1787563316

9781787563292

1787563294