emerald PUBLISHING Organization Design: 40 (Advances in Strategic Management, 40)

This volume of Advances in Strategic Management explores emerging trends and contemporary research in the field of organization design. It reflects a renewed focus on the subject of integration (and, by extension, differentiation). Unlike earlier work, which focused primarily on integration via hierarchical supervision and information processing, this new stream of research considers integration from a variety of theoretical perspectives; it addresses multiple integration mechanisms simultaneously (e.g., both formal and informal, and top-down and bottom-up) as well as their overall fit.The studies published here employ a wide variety of theories and research designs to contribute to this renewal of organization design research, considering collaborative ways of working, organizational learning, and strategic innovation. Review Scholars in various areas of business survey emerging trends and research in organization design, focusing on mechanisms and on topics that mainstream journals might consider too exploratory, risky, or unusual. They cover fit and coordination, configuration and control, division of labor and organizational learning, structure and strategy, and new organizational forms and problem solving. Among their topics are designing a culture of collaboration: when changing beliefs is (not) enough, balanced control as an enabler of organizational ambidexterity, differentiation and integration in organizational learning: a garbage can model, organization design and firm heterogeneity: towards an integrated research agenda for strategy, and limits to the wisdom of the crown in idea selection. -- Annotation ©2019 ― (protoview.com) About the Author John Joseph is an Associate Professor of Strategy at the University of California Irvine's Paul Merage School of Business, USA. John's research examines organization designs for better strategic planning, technology development, and growth. John s work has been published in the Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Academy of Management Journal, Long Range Planning, Advances in Strategic Management, and the Academy of Management Proceedings, among others.Oliver Baumann is a Professor with special responsibilities in Strategic Organization Design at the University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. His research focuses on the implications of organization design for organizational learning. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, and the Strategic Management Journal, among others.Richard M. Burton is Professor Emeritus of Organization and Strategy at The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, USA. His research focuses on organization design, particularly its relationship to strategy for the firm. He has published seven books and some seventy articles on strategy, organization, and management science in Organization Science, Management Science, and Administrative Science Quarterly, among others.Kannan Srikanth is an Associate Professor of Strategy at the Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, USA. His research investigates how to design organizations and inter-organizational relationships to be more effective and more innovative. His work has been published in the business press (including the Wall Street Journal), academic journals (including the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Strategic Management Journal, and Organization Science).