Abstract
Concepts of uncertainty and information processing are used to integrate the diverse organization design/structure literatures. This approach more fully explicates the concept of congruence which lies at the heart of contingency ideas. The review suggests a contingency approach to design which develops a feasible set of structural alternatives from which the organization can choose.
Keywords
Knowledge managementInformation processingOrganizational behaviorComputer sciencePsychologyManagement scienceEngineeringSocial psychologyCognitive psychology
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- 3
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- 3
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- 613-624
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Michael L. Tushman,
David A. Nadler
(1978).
Information Processing as an Integrating Concept in Organizational Design<sup />..
Academy of Management Review
, 3
(3)
, 613-624.
https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.1978.4305791
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