Technology and Organization in Manufacturing
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The Study of Organizations. ed. / Daniel Katz; Robert Louis Kahn; J. Stacy Adams. San Francisco, Calif: Jossey-Bass, 1980.
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T1 - Technology and Organization in Manufacturing
AU - McKinley, William
AU - Blau, Peter M.
AU - Falbe, Cecilia McHugh
AU - Tracy, Phelps K.
PY - 1980
Y1 - 1980
N2 - Using data from a study of 110 New Jersey manufacturing concerns, relationships are examined between plant technology and four dimensions of internal structure: differentiation, the size of various personnel components, supervisory spans of control, and decentralization of decision-making authority. For linear associations, Woodward's notion of a broad "technological imperative" is rejected, and the analysis verifies the general findings of the Aston studies. However, the Aston group's hypothesis of an interaction effect between size, production technology, and administrative structure is not supported, while strong curvilinear relationships, independent of size, are observed between production process type and many of the structural measures. Automation of administrative support functions through the use of computers exerts numerous influences on the organization of work which parallel those of highly mechanized "process" technologies, and it is postulated that these trends will continue with increasing automation of the manufacturing operation itself.
AB - Using data from a study of 110 New Jersey manufacturing concerns, relationships are examined between plant technology and four dimensions of internal structure: differentiation, the size of various personnel components, supervisory spans of control, and decentralization of decision-making authority. For linear associations, Woodward's notion of a broad "technological imperative" is rejected, and the analysis verifies the general findings of the Aston studies. However, the Aston group's hypothesis of an interaction effect between size, production technology, and administrative structure is not supported, while strong curvilinear relationships, independent of size, are observed between production process type and many of the structural measures. Automation of administrative support functions through the use of computers exerts numerous influences on the organization of work which parallel those of highly mechanized "process" technologies, and it is postulated that these trends will continue with increasing automation of the manufacturing operation itself.
KW - Management studies
M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
SN - 087589464X
SN - 978-0875894645
BT - The Study of Organizations
A2 - Katz, Daniel
A2 - Kahn, Robert Louis
A2 - Adams, J. Stacy
PB - Jossey-Bass
CY - San Francisco, Calif
ER -