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Efficient Organizational Design - Balancing Incentives and Power
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Efficient Organizational Design - Balancing Incentives and Power
von: M. Weiss
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
ISBN: 9780230287952
338 Seiten, Download: 1700 KB
 
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  Cover 1  
  Contents 6  
  List of Figures 10  
  List of Tables 11  
  Foreword 12  
  Preface 16  
  1 Introduction 19  
     1.1 Motivation 19  
     1.2 Objectives 23  
     1.3 Methodology 25  
     1.4 Outline 29  
  Part I: Theory of Organizational Design 32  
     2 Foundations of Organizational Design 33  
        2.1 Theories of the firm 33  
           The history of firms 34  
           The existence of firms 36  
           The boundaries of firms – transaction cost theory 38  
           The structure of firms – agency theory 41  
           The governance of firms – incomplete contract theory 43  
           The firm as a knowledge-creating entity 46  
           The firm as a system 49  
        2.2 Configuration of systems 52  
           Elements and systems 53  
           Path dependencies 58  
           Consistent configurations – application of the theory 62  
        2.3 Value creation of organizational design 64  
           Defining value 64  
           Measuring value 66  
        2.4 Changes in the business environment 69  
           Technological progress 69  
           Regulation and liberalization 72  
           Standard setting 74  
           The financial system 77  
        2.5 The inadequacy of traditional theories of the firm 79  
     3 Building Blocks of Organizational Design 88  
        3.1 The strategy of the organization 88  
           The purpose of the organization 90  
           The market-based perspective 92  
           The resource-based perspective 96  
           The accounting-based perspective 101  
           Construction and deconstruction of the value chain 102  
        3.2 The boundaries of the organization 105  
           Setting the boundaries 106  
           Shifting the boundaries 111  
           Blurring the boundaries 115  
        3.3 The internal structure of the organization 119  
           Information and knowledge 121  
           Power and authority 126  
           Incentives and motivation 134  
           Co-ordination and co-operation 143  
        3.4 The governance of the organization 150  
           Specific investments, stakeholders and ownership 152  
           The different constituencies 155  
           Governance mechanisms 161  
           Organizational forms 167  
     4 Designing Efficient Organizations 180  
        4.1 Synthesis of the building blocks – designing for fit 180  
           Taking stock 181  
           Complementarities between the building blocks 183  
           Configuration of business models 190  
        4.2 Adaption to the environment – designing for change 194  
           Constant change as a design feature 195  
           Staying at the peak – continuous adjustments 198  
           Switching peaks – radical adjustments 203  
        4.3 Efficient organizational design 208  
  Part II: Practice of Organizational Design 211  
     5 The European Securities Transaction Industry 212  
        5.1 Introduction 212  
        5.2 Three concepts for evaluation 217  
        5.3 The securities transaction industry 219  
           Economies of the securities transaction value chain 219  
           Vertical interdependencies in the value chain 222  
           Regulation 223  
        5.4 Strategic conduct – the provider’s action set 224  
           Boundary decisions 225  
           Communication standards and accessibility 226  
           Interdependencies in the action set 230  
        5.5 Proposals for an efficient organizational design 233  
           System 1 – Regulated monopoly 233  
           System 2 – Competitive fragmentation 235  
           System 3 – Contestable monopolies 237  
        5.6 Comparative organizational analysis 239  
     6 The German Co-operative Banking Group 248  
        6.1 Introduction 248  
        6.2 Strategy and internal structure 253  
           Deutsche Bank 253  
           The co-operative banking group 255  
        6.3 Corporate governance 258  
           Deutsche Bank 258  
           The co-operative banking group 259  
        6.4 Comparative organizational analysis 261  
           The narrow view of efficiency 261  
           Differences in the designs 262  
           Complementarities between the building blocks 264  
           The broader view of efficiency 265  
     7 Open-source Projects 269  
        7.1 Introduction 269  
        7.2 The software industry 276  
           The economics and technology of software production 277  
           What is open-source software? 279  
           Paradigms of innovation 280  
        7.3 The system of proprietary software 282  
           Organizational design of proprietary source firms 282  
           Consistency and shortcomings 285  
        7.4 The system of open-source software 287  
           Organizational design of open-source projects 288  
           Consistency and the open-source ecosystem 293  
        7.5 Comparative organizational analysis 297  
           Comparison of the organizational designs 297  
           Efficient organizational design 302  
     8 Conclusion 308  
  Bibliography 311  
  Index 332  


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