Strategy and Structure Follow Technology

• TAKAHASHI Nobuo

  Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo

書誌事項

タイトル別名

• A Spinout Proposition of J. D. Thompson's <i>Organizations in Action</i>

抄録

This study reconfigures part one of Thompson (1967) as a theoretical restatement of Chandler's (1962) historical evidence. When organizations grow, their growth orientations and strategies emerge from their technical rationality, according to Thompson's first criteria of technology instrumentality. Regarding instrumentally reasonable/rational organizations, according to his second criteria of economy, organizational structures such as horizontal departmentalization, vertical hierarchies, and multidivisional forms become necessary to minimize coordination costs. In other words, when discussing growth strategies and multidivisional forms, Chandler claimed that “structure follows strategy,” but Thompson rightfully claimed that “strategy and structure follow technology.”

収録刊行物

• Annals of Business Administrative Science

  Annals of Business Administrative Science 15 (1), 15-27, 2016-02-15

  特定非営利活動法人 グローバルビジネスリサーチセンター

キーワード

• technical core
• technical rationality
• multidivisional forms
• assessment
• structure follows strategy
• Japan Quality Award

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390282680397030528
• NII論文ID: 130005126079
• DOI: 10.7880/abas.0150810a
• ISSN: 13474456
• ISSN: 13474464
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/abas/15/1/15_0150810a/_pdf
• 本文言語コード: en
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