信息处理与组织结构的理论研究及数值模拟

外部环境是组织有效运作所必需应对的各种不确定性的主要来源,现代组织所面临的环境比以往具有更大的不确定性.将组织看作是一个信息处理网络,组织绩效用组织结构价值来度量,建立数学模型,研究组织结构与组织环境如何相互作用决定组织绩效,以及信息费用对组织结构设计的影响.基于形式模型的理论分析和数值模拟,为理解不确定环境中组织结构设计提供了新的解释、视野及管理学上的含义.

An Analytical and Simulation Study on Information Processing and Organizational Structure

External environment has long been identified as the major source of uncertainty that an organization has to face in order to run effectively.Nowadays the environment that confronts most organizations is becoming more uncertain than ever before due to ever-increasing complexity,competitiveness and dynamics.In this paper,an organization is considered as a network of information processing,and a mathematical model is developed to examine how organizational structure and the external environment interact in determining organizational performance as measured by the value of organizational structure.Also,the influence of information cost on optimal organizational structure is examined.The analytical study and numerical simulation based on the formal model could generate new interpretations,understandings and managerial implications for the organizational structure design in an uncertain environment.