New Approaches to Organization Design Theory and Practice of Adaptiv
Organization design (OD) is a key feature of management theory and practice. It addresses the challenges of constructing and maintaining effective organizations. Essential to its application is the assumption that it can improve organizations and their pe
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Bøllingtoft • Håkonsson
New Approaches to Organization Design Theory and Practice of Adaptive Enterprises
Anne Bøllingtoft • Dorthe Døjbak Håkonsson Jørn Flohr Nielsen • Charles C. Snow John Parm Ulhøi Editors
Information and Organization Design Series Volume 8
Series Editors Richard M. Burton Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, USA Børge Obel Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University, Denmark
For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/6126
Anne Bøllingtoft · Dorthe Døjbak Håkonsson · Jørn Flohr Nielsen · Charles C. Snow · John Ulhøi Editors
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Editors Anne Bøllingtoft Aarhus School of Business Aarhus University Denmark [email protected] Jørn Flohr Nielsen Aarhus School of Business Aarhus University Denmark [email protected]
Dorthe Døjbak Håkonsson Aarhus School of Business Aarhus University Denmark [email protected] Charles C. Snow The Pennsylvania State University USA [email protected]
John Ulhøi Aarhus School of Business Aarhus University Denmark [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-0626-7 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-0627-4 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-0627-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009931578 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
On August 12 2009, Richard Burton will be celebrating his 70th birthday. Such a milestone provides a natural occasion to look back and take stock of one’s work. Rich, however, would be the last person to draw attention to himself, to loudly proclaim his own accomplishments. And yet he has had a profound impact on our field. With his frequent visits to Denmark (starting in 1974), Rich was one of the natural founders of the International Workshop on Organization Design. We are proud to take the publication of this book, originating from this conference, as an excellent opportunity to celebrate Rich and his major accomplishments. Rich’s numerous books and articles have been published in the major journals within our field, and have had a farreaching and substantial impact on the field of Organization Design. His research has advanced our understanding of organization theory and design, not the least by the use of simulation techniques. Rich has
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