Managerial economics and organizational architecture

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Managerial economics and organizational architecture

James A. Brickley, Clifford W. Smith, Jr., Jerold L. Zimmerman

(The Irwin series in economics)

Irwin, c1997

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Imprint varies: Boston : Irwin/McGraw-Hill

"A forerunner edition of this work entitled, Organizational architecture: a managerial economics approach, released in Fall of 1995"--Pref

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

In this work the tools of economic analysis are applied to organizational architecture. The work examines how managers can design organizations to motivate individuals to make choices that enhance firm value.

Table of Contents

  • Basic concepts
  • the economist's view of behaviour
  • markets, organizations, and the role of knowledge
  • demand
  • production and cast
  • market structure
  • incentive conflicts and contracts
  • designing organizational architecture
  • organizational architecture
  • decision rights - the level of empowerment
  • decision rights - bundling tasks into jobs and sub-units
  • attracting and retaining qualified employees
  • incentive compensation
  • individual performance evaluation
  • divisional performance evaluation
  • applications of organizational architecture
  • vertical integration and outsourcing
  • leadership - motivating change with organizations
  • total quality managament and re-engineering.

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