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An Empirical Study of the Impact of Just‐in‐Time Task Scope Versus Just‐in‐Time Workflow Integration on Organizational Design
Author(s) -
Germain Richard,
Dröge Cornelia
Publication year - 1997
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.1540-5915.1997.tb01324.x
Subject(s) - workflow , scope (computer science) , task (project management) , knowledge management , computer science , workflow technology , process management , workflow management system , organizational structure , business , database , systems engineering , engineering , management , economics , programming language
The research tests a theory of JIT as a technology having task scope versus workflow integration dimensions. The results show that JIT task scope predicts JIT workflow integration, and that only the former is associated with organizational designs that are more specialized, decentralized, integrated, and reliant on formal performance measurement control. The findings imply that organizational structure does not necessarily follow from workflow structure. Rather, both organizational structure and workflow structure follow from the knowledge capital that JIT task scope represents.