using structural equation modeling, the current study aims to examine the relationship between organizational structure, competitive strategies and organizational performance with respect to the interaction between structure and competitive strategy in the engineering consulting firms. this orientation is determined with respect to the desired approach (contingency or resource based view). the ...

Abstract We explore the effects of chief executive officers’ (CEOs’) personal dominance—an idiosyncratic character trait strongly associated with a desire for influence and control—on two fundamental organizational design decisions: CEO’s span control (1) her delegation responsibilities as reflected in appointment operating officer (COO) (2). Linking three original measures CEO dominance based ...

the aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between information technology (it) and organizational structure in ministry of sport and youth of i.r. iran. this research used a descriptive – correlation research conducted as field. the statistical population consisted of 42 managers of ministry of sport and youth who equaled the sample. data were gathered using the questionnaire ...

We analyze firms’ decisions on their vertical organization, taking into account the characteristics of both final good competition and R&D process. consider two chains where upstream sectors invest in R&D. Such investment determines production costs downstream sector has spillovers rival. In a general setting, we show that equilibrium organizational structure depends whether situation considere...

Organizational structure determines the scope of decisions, tasks, responsibilities, goals, perspectives and rewards for achieving results. In recent decades, due to environmental changes and dramatic technological advances, organizational structure has changed from Mechanistic to organic. The purpose of the restructuring is to facilitate the achievement of the organization's goals. Changing st...