Open AccessFactors Affecting Organizational Design: A Study on the Selected Dimensions in the Bangladeshi Context
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
american journal of business
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2165-7998
DOI - 10.33423/ajm.v18i4.183
Subject(s) - maturity (psychological) , context (archaeology) , business , knowledge management , process management , control (management) , service (business) , mechanism (biology) , focus (optics) , organizational architecture , marketing , management control system , operations management , computer science , management , psychology , engineering , economics , developmental psychology , philosophy , physics , epistemology , optics , paleontology , biology
This paper explores variations in organization design due to factors like industry type, organization size, maturity, technology intensity and strategic focus. Data was collected through a questionnaire survey and Key Informant Interviews (KII). No single factor was found to have a significant impact on all dimensions. Bigger organizations were found to have relatively decentralized information management system and service organizations had decentralized control mechanism and two-way communication practices. Organizations with relatively greater technology focus tended to use decentralized decision making, control mechanism and information management practices.