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STRUCTURE, ENVIRONMENT, AND ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE IN MANUFACTURING *
Author(s) -
Gaertner Gregory H.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1983.tb00205.x
Subject(s) - delegation , corporate governance , rationality , business , sample (material) , industrial organization , knowledge management , control (management) , organizational structure , process management , management , economics , computer science , political science , chemistry , finance , chromatography , law
The paper compares theories of organizational governance that explain delegation in decision making in terms of administrative rationality on the parts of top corporate officials with theories that emphasize lower‐level actors mobilizing resources to gain control over organizational outcomes. These two alternative theories are developed and extended to apply to the relationship between manufacturing plants and parent companies. A general model is introduced to compare these theories which includes characteristics of parent companies and site environments, site resources, and delegation. The model is then tested on a sample of manufacturing plants.