Chisholm, D: Coordination Without Hierarchy Informal Structures in Multiorganizational Systems
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
29.09.1992
Herausgeber
Donald ChisholmVerlag
De Gruyter OldenbourgSeitenzahl
292
Maße (L/B/H)
20,7/13,8/1,8 cm
Gewicht
396 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-520-08037-9
Borrowing from social psychology, sociology, political science, and public administration, and using the public transit system of the San Francisco Bay area for illustrative purposes, Donald Chisholm directly challenges this received wisdom. He argues that, contrary to contemporary canons of public administration, we should actively resist the temptation to consolidate and centralize our public organizations. Rather, we should carefully match organizational design with observed types and levels of interdependence, since organizational systems that on the surface appear to be tightly linked webs of interdependence on closer examination often prove decomposable into relatively simpler subsystems that may be coordinated through decentralized, informal organizational arrangements.
Chisholm finds that informal channels between actors at different organizations prove remarkably effective and durable as instruments of coordination. Developed and maintained as needed rather than according to a single preconceived design, informal channels, along with informal conventions and contracts, tend to match interorganization interdependence closely and to facilitate coordination. Relying on such measures reduces thecognitive demands and obviates the necessity for broadscale political agreement typical of coordination by centralized, formal organizations. They also advance other important values that are frequently absent in formally consolidated organizations, such as reliability, flexib
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