Hierarchy, Flattening, and Organization Framework Selection:Trade-offs between Stability and Efficiency

摘要：

This paper discusses the problem of organization form selection based on the trade-offs between stability and efficiency.Probabilities of Rejecting Truths and Accepting Faults are discussed to measure such relationship: hierarchy and more centralized organizations have lower efficiency,but lower risks and stronger stability; while polyarchies and decentralized organizations have more efficiency,but higher risks and less stability in the short run.These two kinds of organization forms share the tradeoff between stability and efficiency,further study shows choices between the two forms are not absolute,but a dynamic adjustments under different situations.Evidences of authority changes between central and local governments prove such tradeoffs.

关键词： Organization structure Stability Efficiency Decentralization

作者: Zhong Chunping Xiao Qin

作者单位: School of Economics,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,P.R.China,430074

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 第三届产品创新管理国际会议(The 3rd International Conference on Product Innovation Management)

会议地点: 武汉

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-10-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）