Technology and Organization Structure as Theoretical Categories

Technology and Organization Structure as Theoretical Categories

The problem of confusion about the relationship between technology and structure is discussed. Students of complex organizations as sociotechnical systems tend to generalize their findings to variables they have not measured and to not be explicit about their methods of classifying variables. A more...

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Veröffentlicht in:Administrative science quarterly 1976-09, Vol.21 (3), p.489-493
1. Verfasser: Stanfield, Gary G.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Biomedical technology
Category/Categories/Categorical/ Categorization
Classification theory
Division of labor
Environmental technology
Organization/Organizations/ Organizational/ Organize/ Organizers/ Organized/ Organizing
Organizational
Production engineering
Raw materials
Structure
Structure/Structures/ Structuring/ Structured
Technology
Technology/Technological/ Technologically
Theoretical (see also Theory)
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Zusammenfassung:The problem of confusion about the relationship between technology and structure is discussed. Students of complex organizations as sociotechnical systems tend to generalize their findings to variables they have not measured and to not be explicit about their methods of classifying variables. A more conservative and systematic approach to theorizing is suggested.
ISSN:0001-8392
1930-3815
DOI:10.2307/2391856