Understanding and leading porous network organizations : an analysis based on the 7-S model / Paul T. Bartone and Linton Wells II.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Bartone, Paul T., 1952- author.

Wells, Linton, 1946- author.

Contributor:

National Defense University. Center for Technology and National Security Policy, issuing body.

Series:

Defense & technology papers ; no. 70.

Defense & technology papers ; no. 70

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organization--Research.

Organization.

Organizational effectiveness.

Leadership.

Medical Subjects:

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 14 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University, 2009.

Summary:

Increasingly, organizations are formed by individuals and groups that share common interests and goals but are not tied to each other by traditional authorities or financial relationships. Membership in these new organizations tends to shift over time as the environment changes, participants enter and leave, and roles, activities, and interests of members evolve. This evolving organizational structure can be described as an open or porous network, one in which the boundaries are highly permeable across functional interest areas within the organization, as well as between the organization and the external environment. In late 2007, the Center for Technology and National Security Policy (CTNSP) at National Defense University launched an international research project called Transportable Infrastructures for Development and Emergency Support (TIDES) as part of a broader research effort called Sustainable Technologies, Accelerated Research (STAR). This paper analyzes STAR-TIDES as a porous network organization, applying a powerful organizational analysis tool known as the "7-S framework" to clarify some of the key issues that must be addressed for such organizations to be effective and adaptive.

Contents:

Introduction and background

Applying the 7-S model to the STAR-TIDES organization. Strategy

Structure

Systems

Staffing

Skills

Style

Shared values

Alignment with the external environment.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on October 24, 2009).

"September 2009."

Series from web site.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Bartone, Paul T., 1952- Understanding and leading porous network organizations

OCLC:

459763140