This article describes a valid and current research area, which is the formation of organizational learning ability, perceived as a condition necessary for the survival and development of modern organizations. It refers to the issue of organic organizational structure as a factor shaping this ability. Many researchers emphasized that the organizational structure plays a key role in determining ...

Many organizational businesses today are operating in increasingly complex and turbulent environments. To meet the challenges of such uncertain environments, organizational flexibility and adaptation to change have become important tools for organizational survival. Since the emergence of distributed computing and the Internet, many organizations are evolving to flexible forms where employees w...

Current collaborative work environments are characterized by dynamically changing organizational structures. Although there have been several efforts to refine work distribution, especially in workflow management, most literature assumes a static database approach which captures organizational roles, groups and hierarchies and implements a dynamic roles based agent assignment protocol. However,...

The assembly of the tropoelastin monomer into elastin is vital for conferring elasticity on blood vessels, skin, and lungs. Tropoelastin has dual needs for flexibility and structure in self-assembly. We explore the structure-dynamics-function interplay, consider the duality of molecular order and disorder, and identify equally significant functional contributions by local and global structures....

The nature of services in institutions of higher learning requires that all stakeholders play positive roles in the sustainability of the institution’s survival and effectiveness in giving quality teaching, research and learning. Structure and processes are core requirements for understanding organizational effectiveness. The actual scenario in the field, however, raises concerns as to whether ...