Organizational flexibility: change and preservation: a flexibility audit & redesign method
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| Beschreibung: | Zugl.: Groningen, Univ., Diss., 1992 |
| Umfang: | IX, 353, LXXXVII S. graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 900191540X |
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PREFACE Yii
PART I: METHODOLOGY AND PERSPECTIVE
1 INTRODUCTION 3
1.1 The Research Problem 3
1.2 The FAR project 5
1.2.1 Aim of the Study 5
1.2.2 Research Questions and Activities 7
1.3 Structure of the Study 8
2 A SYNTHETIC RESEARCH APPROACH 1 1
2.1 In Search of a Disciplined Methodology 11
2.2 The Analytical Research Approach 12
2.3 The Clinical Research Approach 13
2.4 The Synthetic Research Approach 15
2.4.1 The Product 17
2.4.2 The Process IS
2.5 The Synthetic Research Design 2(1
3 A REVISION OF MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION 25
3.1 Flexibility as a New Management Challenge 25
3.2 Changes in the Environment of Organizations
and its Management 26
3.3 Changes in Dominant Thoughts on Management 29
3.4 A Postmodern Management Perspective 36
PART II: ON THE CONCEPT OF FLEXIBILITY
4 FLEXIBILITY, HALLMARK OF POSTMODERN ORGANIZATION:
A THEORETICAL EXPOSE 41
4.1 Exploring Various Theoretical Perspectives 41
4.2 Theories of Strategic Management 42
4.2.1 The Linear Model: Planning Strategics 42
4.2.2 The Adaptive Model: Preparedness Slrategics 45
4.2.3 The Interpretative Model: Strategics of Context 4N
4.2.4 Contributions of Strategic Management 49
4.3 Contingency Theories 51
4.3.1 Static Contingency Theory 51
4.3.2 Population Ecology Theory 53
4.3.3 Dynamic Contingency Theory 55
4.3.4 Contributions of Environment Organization Theories 59
4.4 Organizational Learning Theories 60
4.4.1 Single Loop Learning: Limited Search 61
4.4.2 Double Loop Learning: Expanded Search 63
4.4.3 Deutero Leaming: Balancing Single Loop
and Double Loop Learning 65
4.4.4 Contributions of Learning Theories 65
4.5 Theories of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 66
4.5.1 Incremental Innovations promoted by
Austrian Entrepreneurs 70
4.5.2 Radical Innovations promoted by
Schumpeteri an Entrepreneurs 71
4.5.3 Complementarity of Incremental and
Radical Innovations and their Associated
Modes of Entrepreneurship 73
4.5.4 Contributions of Theories
of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 76
4.6 Tensions within Theories:
The Paradoxical Nature of Flexibility 77
4.6.1 Change and Preservation:
The Risk of Schismogenesis 78
4.6.2 Four Generic Ways of dealing
with the Flexibility Paradox 79
5 GRASPING THE PARADOX OF FLEXIBILITY:
A SYSTEMATIC AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL PICTURE OF FLEXIBILITY 83
5.1 An Inquiry into Definitions of Flexibility 83
5.2 A Comparison of Definitions of Flexibility 84
5.2.1 A Review of Definitions 85
5.2.2 An Evaluation of Definitions:
Similarities and Differences 90
5.3 Organizational Flexibility and Systems Theory of Control 97
5.3.1 Flexibility from Different Control Perspectives:
The First Half of the CO TS Game 103
5.3.2 Flexibility in terms of Properties of Control 105
5.3.3 Organizational Flexibility as a
Two Dimensional Concept: A Comprehensive Definition 108
5.3.4 Reconsidering the Management and
Organizalion Design Task of Flexibility:
The Second Half of the CO TS Game 112
*) TOWARDS A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF ORGANIZATIONAL FLEXIBILITY 1 17
6.1 Variations in Organizational Flexibility 117
6.2 The Management Challenge 118
6.2.1 The Flexibility Characteristic and Flexibility Mix 119
6.2.2 Different Types of Flexibility 119
6.2.3 The Melaflexibility 123
6.3 The Organization Design Challenge 127
6.3.1 The Organizational Technology 129
6.3.2 The Organizational Structure 139
6.3.3 The Organizational Culture 168
6.4 Environmental Turbulence 188
6.4.1 Conceptualization of Environment:
Levels of Aggregation and Decomposition 189
6.4.2 Dimensions of Environmental Turbulence 192
6.5 A Conceptual Model of Organizational Flexibility 198
6.5.1 A Taxonomy of Organizational Flexibility 199
6.5.2 Basic Assumptions of the Conceptual Model:
Theoretical Propositions and Hypotheses 202
PART III: THE PROCESS OF FLEXIBILITY IMPROVEMENT
7 THE FLEXIBLE FORM:
ONGOING PROCESSES TO OVERCOME RIGIDITY AND CHAOS 207
7.1 A Permanently Flexible Form: a Utopia? 207
7.2 An Organizational Typology 208
7.3 Trajectories of Transformation 211
7.4 The Natural Trajectory of Routinization 212
7.5 The Reverse Trajectory of Revitalization 215
8 THE FLEXIBILITY AUDIT REDESIGN METHOD 221
8.1 Clinical Understanding of the Flexibility Process 221
8.2 A Global Thinking Model 222
8.3 Blind Spots in Consulting Processes 227
8.3.1 The Basic Attitude and Client Consultant Relationship 228
8.3.2 Design Concepts 229
8.3.3 Design Approaches: Engineering versus Developing 231
8.4 A Process Model of Flexibility Improvement:
the FAR Method and its Observation and Analysis Instruments 233
8.4.1 Orientation 236
8.4.2 Diagnosis 239
8.4.3 Redesign 246
8.5 FARSYS I II 249
PART IV: THE METHOD IN PRACTICE
9 THE FAR PROJECT A MULTI CASE LONGITUDINAL STUDY 253
9.1 Selection of Cases: Theoretical Sampling 253
9.2 The Case Study Protocol 256
9.3 Case X: Professional Revitalization of Administrative
Department Corporate Accounts 261
9.4 Case Y: Entrepreneurial Revitalization of Assembly
Department Glass Bead Diodes 275
9.5 Case Z: Strategic Focusing of the Professional Service
Department Gas Research 295
9.6 An Evaluation of the Empirical Claims and Underlying
Hypotheses of the FAR Method 315
10 CONCLUSIONS AND RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS 321
10.1 The State of Knowledge of Synthetic Research 321
10.2 The FAR Method in Perspective:
Suggestions for Further Research 322
10.3 Rigor or Relevance 326
REFERENCES 329
SUMMARY IN DUTCH 347
APPENDICES
I A Scaling Experiment on Environmental Turbulence i
11 Checklist Exploratory Interviews with Management Consultants ix
III Semi standardized Questionnaire for Examining Consulting
Processes of Diagnosis, Redesign, and Change xi
IV Manual FAR Method xv
V Standardized Questionnaires of the FAR Method xxvii
VI FARSYS: An Object Oriented Tool
for Management Consultancy Support Uii
VII Diagnostic Results of the Multi Case Longitudinal Study Ixiii
VIII Types and Subtypes of Flexibility Ixxxix
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