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Delegation in Multi-Divisional Firms: Determinants of the Organizational Structure of IT Purchasing Authority
Recent contributions to a growing theory literature have focused on the tradeoff between adaptation and coordination in determining delegation within firms. Empirical evidence, however, is limited. Using establishment-level data on decision rights over information...
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- 2002
- Book
Business Structures
Keywords:
Organizational Structure
Roberts, Michael J., David Epstein, and Richard Freer. Business Structures. West Group, 2002.
- Article
Assessing the Impact of Health System Organizational Structure on Hospital Electronic Data Sharing
By: A Jay Holmgren and Eric Ford
Horizontal consolidation in the hospital industry has gained momentum in the United States despite concerns over rising costs and lower quality. Hospital systems frequently point to potential gains in interoperability and electronic exchange of patient information as...
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Keywords:
Hospitals;
Health Information Technology;
Health Care;
Health Care and Treatment;
Data and Data Sets;
Information Technology;
Consolidation;
Knowledge Sharing;
Health Industry
Holmgren, A Jay, and Eric Ford. "Assessing the Impact of Health System Organizational Structure on Hospital Electronic Data Sharing." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 25, no. 9 (September 2018): 1147–1152.
- 25 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Who Lives in the C-Suite? Organizational Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management
- October 1976
- Background Note
Industry Structural Change
Presents a framework for understanding and predicting industry structural change. Examines 1) the important underlying forces causing structural change, 2) the key relationships among industry elements in the process of change, and 3) some implications of change for...
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Keywords:
Framework;
Industry Structures;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Strategy;
Corporate Strategy
Porter, Michael E. "Industry Structural Change." Harvard Business School Background Note 377-051, October 1976.
- July 2021
- Article
Structuring Local Environments to Avoid Diversity: Anxiety Drives Whites' Geographical and Institutional Self-Segregation Preferences
By: Eric Anicich, Jon M. Jachimowicz, Merrick Osborne and L. Taylor Phillips
The current research explores how local racial diversity affects Whites’ efforts to structure their local communities to avoid incidental intergroup contact. In two experimental studies (N=509; Studies 1a-b), we consider Whites’ choices to structure a fictional,...
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Keywords:
Segregration;
Structural/institutional Racism;
Organizational Exclusion;
Diversity;
Race;
Organizations;
Local Range;
Prejudice and Bias
Anicich, Eric, Jon M. Jachimowicz, Merrick Osborne, and L. Taylor Phillips. "Structuring Local Environments to Avoid Diversity: Anxiety Drives Whites' Geographical and Institutional Self-Segregation Preferences." Art. 104117. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 95 (July 2021).
- 2012
- Chapter
Structuring Consulting Firms
By: Tim Morris, Heidi K. Gardner and N. Anand
This chapter presents a model of the way in which consulting and other professional-service firms organize themselves and grow. We will argue that the fundamental structural-design challenge for consulting firms, like other professional firms, is to adapt appropriately...
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Keywords:
Experience and Expertise;
Management Practices and Processes;
Demand and Consumers;
Service Operations;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Projects;
Groups and Teams;
Consulting Industry;
Service Industry
Morris, Tim, Heidi K. Gardner, and N. Anand. "Structuring Consulting Firms." In The Oxford Handbook of Management Consulting, edited by Matthias Kipping and Timothy Clark. Oxford University Press, 2012.
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Medical Group Structural Integration May Not Ensure That Care Is Integrated, From The Patient's Perspective
By: Michaela J. Kerrissey, Jonathan Clark, Mark Friedberg, Wei Jiang, Ashley Kay Fryer, Molly Frean, Stephen Shortell, Patricia Ramsay, Lawrence Casalino and Sara J. Singer
Structural integration is increasing among medical groups, but whether these changes yield care that is more integrated remains unclear. We explored the relationships between structural integration characteristics of 144 medical groups and perceptions of integrated...
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Keywords:
Integration;
Health Care Delivery;
Organization Structure;
Organizational Structure;
Health Care and Treatment;
Perception;
Perspective;
Health Industry;
United States
Kerrissey, Michaela J., Jonathan Clark, Mark Friedberg, Wei Jiang, Ashley Kay Fryer, Molly Frean, Stephen Shortell, Patricia Ramsay, Lawrence Casalino, and Sara J. Singer. "Medical Group Structural Integration May Not Ensure That Care Is Integrated, From The Patient's Perspective." Health Affairs 36, no. 5 (May 2017): 885–892. (Awarded Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.)
- 2009
- Chapter
Position and Emotion: The Significance of Georg Simmel's Structural Theories for Leadership and Organizational Behavior
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Rakesh Khurana
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Rakesh Khurana. "Position and Emotion: The Significance of Georg Simmel's Structural Theories for Leadership and Organizational Behavior." In Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Organization Studies, edited by Paul S. Adler. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 2009.
- 1997
- Working Paper
Sticky Ties and Bad Attitudes: Relational and Individual Basis of Resistance to Changes in Organizational Structure
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Tracy A. Thompson
- March 2024
- Module Note
Module Note on the Structuring of Collaborative Work
By: Ethan Bernstein
This module note for instructors describes the organizational structure module of the Managing Human Capital course that integrates insights from research on workplace connectivity (who gets to communicate with whom) and workplace transparency (who gets to observe...
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Bernstein, Ethan. "Module Note on the Structuring of Collaborative Work." Harvard Business School Module Note 424-054, March 2024.
- 1998
- Chapter
Sticky Ties and Bad Attitudes: Relational and Individual Bases of Resistance to Changes in Organizational Structure
By: K. L. Valley and T. A. Thompson
Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Attitudes;
Prejudice and Bias;
Motivation and Incentives;
Relationships
Valley, K. L., and T. A. Thompson. "Sticky Ties and Bad Attitudes: Relational and Individual Bases of Resistance to Changes in Organizational Structure." In Power and Influence in Organizations, edited by R. M. Kramer and M. A. Neale, 39–66. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 1998.
- 08 Dec 2023
- News
New Leadership Role and Structure
MESSAGE FROM ANGELA CRISPI AND DEAN SRIKANT DATAR To: HBS Faculty and Staff From: Angela Crispi and Srikant Datar Re: New Leadership Role and Structure We are delighted to announce that effective January 1, 2024, Jana Kierstead will...
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- Research Summary
Building Bridges: The Social Structure of Interdependent Innovation
Multidivisional firms often fail to take advantage of innovations that involve combining resources from distinct divisions. This failure of cross-line-of-business innovation is a consequence of design choices employed to execute the firm’s strategy: in organizing...
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- March 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Exercise
Organizational Alignment Exercise
By: Michael Beer and John J. Gabarro
Presents an overview of a method for diagnosing and developing an organization's capability to achieve its goals and implement its strategy, with exercises for application. A rewritten version of an earlier exercise.
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Beer, Michael, and John J. Gabarro. "Organizational Alignment Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 403-075, March 2003. (Revised December 2003.)
- 01 Aug 1979
- Conference Presentation
Organizational Locations as a Link between Structure and Behavior: General Considerations and the Case of Opportunity and Power
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "Organizational Locations as a Link between Structure and Behavior: General Considerations and the Case of Opportunity and Power." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 01, 1979. (Thematic (Invited) Session on Complex Organizations, Boston, August 1979. Also in Developing Organizational and Human Resources in the Turbulent 1980s, edited by D.B. Gutknecht and J. Loorum University Press of America, 1984.)
- January 2015 (Revised April 2015)
- Case
Lagkagehuset: Building a Bakery Chain
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Emer Moloney
A Danish bakery chain that was acquired by a private equity firm in 2008, and has grown from 3 to 31 stores, plans to address reoccuring operational and organizational issues before growing further.
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Palepu, Krishna G., and Emer Moloney. "Lagkagehuset: Building a Bakery Chain." Harvard Business School Case 115-002, January 2015. (Revised April 2015.)
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women Leaders and Organizational Change
existing system, as well as the potential benefits to change! Hence, we continue to operate in ways that are reminiscent of a white male power structure. Q: What are the elements of organizational change that can lead to more...
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by Mallory Stark