A strategy and desiderata for organizational design

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Mackenzie, Kenneth D.

Affiliations: University of Kansas, Lawrence, KA 66045, U.S.A.

Abstract: This is the first of a three-part series of papers on ‘A strategy and its application for organizational design’. The problem of organizational design is introduced and a strategy is proposed for improving the theory of group structures by means of organizational design. Thirteen desiderata for judging the process and results of organizational design methodologies are presented with commentary. There is an appendix which briefly summarizes the conceptual framework for a theory of organizational structures.

Keywords: Authority-task gaps, authority-task problems, design premises, environment, goals, implementation, organizational architecture, organizational congruency, organizational design, organizational responsibility groupings, organizational technology, power, strategies, structure

DOI: 10.3233/HSM-1984-4308

Journal: Human Systems Management, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 201-213, 1984