Missing Organizational Linkages : Tools for

The "organization linkage" concept is relatively new. This book provides a unique and very valuable approach to the study of organizations - how do actions among individuals and groups affect (or not affect) organizations as a whole, and vice versa. This ground-breaking book shows how to bridge the gap between the traditional micro and macro camps of organizational studies.

Paul S. Goodman is Professor of Industrial Administration and Psychology at the Graduate School of Industrial Administration at Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Introduction to the Series

vii

Preface

ix

Beginning the Conversation

1

(14)

Barings

2

(1)

Allied Manufacturing---Teams

2

(1)

Retailer---Downsizing

3

(1)

Product Design and Manufacturing

3

(3)

Rationale

6

(3)

Points of Convergence and Divergence---Existing Literatures

9

(3)

The Road Map

12

(1)

Concluding Thoughts

13

(1)

Conversation One

13

(2)

Framing the Organizational Linkage Problem

15

(14)

Coal Mining

16

(4)

ValuJet

20

(4)

Concluding Thoughts

24

(1)

Conversation Two

24

(5)

Tools for Linkage Analysis

29

(24)

Defining Organizational Linkages

30

(3)

Outcome Coupling

33

(4)

Negative Feedback Systems

37

(2)

Positive Feedback Systems

39

(3)

Defining the Context

42

(7)

Concluding Thoughts

49

(1)

Conversation Three

50

(3)

Organizational Errors

53

(24)

Defining Organizational Errors

55

(1)

Typology of Organizational Errors

56

(1)

Analyzing Barings and ValuJet

57

(16)

Concluding Thoughts

73

(1)

Conversation Four

73

(4)

Changing Organizations: Limiting Conditions

77

(18)

Why Focus on Linkages

78

(4)

Understanding Limiting Conditions---Prior Tools

82

(2)

Understanding Limiting Conditions---New Tools

84

(4)

Tracing Relative Contributions in Outcomes

88

(3)

Concluding Thoughts

91

(1)

Conversation Five

91

(4)

Focusing on System-Wide Changes

95

(30)

System-Wide Changes---Organizational Unit

96

(3)

Linkage Analysis

99

(8)

System-Wide Changes---Corporate Level

107

(12)

Concluding Thoughts

119

(1)

Conversation Six

120

(5)

Change and Linkages Among a System of Outcomes

125

(16)

Tools for Analysis

126

(1)

A Case---Analog Devices Inc.

126

(1)

An Analysis

127

(11)

Concluding Thoughts

138

(1)

Conversation Seven

138

(3)

Organizational Learning

141

(20)

Organizational Linkages and Organizational Learning

142

(3)

Learning in a Distributed Environment

145

(3)

Learning in a Lean Manufacturing Setting

148

(4)

Knowledge Creation---New Products

152

(6)

Concluding Thoughts

158

(1)

Conversation Eight

159

(2)

Reflecting Backward and Looking Forward

161

(20)

Tools for Linkage Analysis

162

(2)

Organizational Linkage Analysis---A Distinctive Perspective

164

(1)

Implicit Assumptions

165

(2)

New Research Issues

167

(3)

Organizational Mysteries

170

(3)

New Organizational Contexts

173

(2)

Methodological Approaches

175

(4)

Concluding Thoughts

179

(2)

References

181

(6)

Index

187

(6)

About the Author

193

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Missing Organizational Linkages : Tools for Cross-Level Research

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