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• Valve Corporation: Strategy Tipping Points and Thresholds

  Teppo Felin

  10-11

  2015-06-23

  ...  Valve Corporation : Strategy Tipping Points and Thresholds Organizational Design Community VALVE CORPORATION STRATEGY TIPPING POINTS AND THRESHOLDS TEPPO FELIN Valve Valve Corporation represents an intriguing case study of flat structure and self organization ..."

• Valve Corporation: Composing Internal Markets

  Todd R. Zenger

  20-21

  2015-07-06

  ...  Valve Corporation : Composing Internal Markets Organizational Design Community VALVE CORPORATION COMPOSING INTERNAL MARKETS TODD R. ZENGER Discussions of the Discussions of the Valve Corporation are always enlightening. The skeptic wonders how much is ..."

• Closing Thoughts & Open Questions

  Phanish Puranam, Dorthe Døjbak Håkonsson

  22-23

  2015-06-23

  ... Our goal in putting the spotlight on Valve Corporation is to stimulate thinking about what (if Our goal in putting the spotlight on Valve Corporation is to stimulate thinking about what (if ..."

• The Impact of Organizational Structure on Internal and External Integration: An empirical, cross-regional assessment

  Xenophon Koufteros, Xiasong (David) Peng, Guanyi Lu, Richard Peters

  1-17

  2014-06-26

  ... The Impact of Organizational Structure on Internal and External Integration: An empirical, cross Organizational Design Community The ImpaCT Of OrganIzaTIOnal STruCTure On InTernal anD exTernal InTegraTIOn an We examine the effects of organizational structure on cross-functional integration, supplier ..."

• Valve's Way

  Phanish Puranam, Dorthe Døjbak Håkonsson

  2-4

  2015-06-23

  ... understanding of the typical case. This is the premise behind the Organization Zoo series. Valve Corporation  ..."

• Combining Theoretical Perspectives on the Organizational Structure-Performance Relationship

  Starling David Hunter

  24-37

  2015-08-28

  ... Combining Theoretical Perspectives on the Organizational Structure -Performance Relationship structure of the marketing function, the function’s strategic emphases, and the overall business strategy Much of the literature linking organization structure to performance falls into two broad research ..."

• In the Shadow of the Crowd: A comment on "Valve’s Way"

  Carliss Y. Baldwin

  5-7

  2015-06-23

  ... Employees ( Valve Corporation , 2012) and employee blogs. The most obvious anomaly at Valve is the absence underlying action.” Valve ostentatiously makes little use of direct authority. It downplays bureaucracy ..."

• Valve's Way: Vayward, Visionary, or Voguish?

  Nicolai J. Foss, Magdalena Dobrajska

  12-15

  2015-06-23

  ... traditional hierarchical structure . The lack of a hierarchical structure in Valve does not mean that of Valve’s way (see also Jeppesen, 2008). We believe that Valve , in spite of its radical vision, does ..."

• What Lessons Should We Learn From Valve’s Innovative Management Model?

  Julian Birkinshaw

  8-9

  2015-06-23

  ... fundamental attribute of any social structure . By building a company without a formal hierarchy, Valve Valve is a fascinating example of a company experimenting with a new way of working – one in which ..."

• Big Data – Big Deal for Organization Design?

  Janne J. Korhonen

  31-36

  2014-04-10

  ... . Such a criterion is necessary for research on the co-evolution of strategy and structure . Keywords a criterion is  necessary for research on the co-evolution of strategy and structure . ..."

• Fit - The Key to Organizational Design

  Lex Donaldson, Greg Joffe

  38-45

  2014-12-30

  ... : single-business strategy , functional organization structure Source: www.australiansuper.com organizational designs to three important situational factors: competitive strategy , organization size, and task ..."

• The Evolution of Enterprise Organization Designs

  Jay R. Galbraith

  1-13

  2012-08-03

  ... : This article extends alfred Chandler’s seminal ideas about organizational strategy and structure , and This article extends Alfred Chandler's seminal ideas about strategy and organizational structure  ..."

• The Design Of Equity Ownership Structure In Inter-Firm Relationships: Do Managers Choose According To Theory?

  Prasahant Kale, Phanish Puranam

  15-30

  2013-08-20

  ... The Design Of Equity Ownership Structure In Inter-Firm Relationships: Do Managers Choose According Organizational Design Community The DesIgn Of equITy OwnershIp sTruCTure In InTer-fIrm relaTIOnshIps DO Theories explaining the equity ownership structure of inter-firm relationships, such as the ..."

• Organization Design for Business Ecosystems

  Carliss Y. Baldwin

  20-23

  2012-05-31

  ...  corporation has long been the central focus of the field of organization design. Such firms can be likened to The modern corporation has long been the central focus of the field of organization design. Such ..."

• It works – I know it works

  Lars Kolind

  16-17

  2015-06-23

  ... Organizational Design Community IT WORKS – I KNOW IT WORKS LARS KOLIND Valve is the prototype knowledge-based Valve is the prototype knowledge-based company because its organizational design fosters creativity ..."

• Valve’s Organization: Opportunities and open questions

  Georg von Krogh, Nina Geilinger

  18-19

  2015-06-23

  ... GEILINGER Valve is a very interesting case study! The company shares many features with open source Valve is a very interesting case study! The company shares many features with open source software ..."

• Sequencing Organizational Change For Post-Shock Adaptation: A Simulation Model

  Peter Jack Gallo, Richard Burton

  37-50

  2012-12-14

  ... to strategy , structure , and resource allocation affect the success of the adaptation process examine how different sequences in changes to strategy , structure , and resource allocation affect the ..."

• Misfits in Organization Design: Information Processing as a Compensatory Mechanism

  Ben Nanfeng Luo, Lex Donaldsen

  2-10

  2013-04-18

  ... , strategy , and size. Misfits between an organization’s structure and its contingencies lead to performance We propose a compensatory misfits theory which holds that an “over-fitting” organization structure  ..."

• The Underexplored Role of Managing Interdependencies Fit in Organization Design and Performance

  Keren Caspin-Wagner, Arie Y. Lewin, Silvia Massini, Carine Peeters

  34-41

  2013-04-18

  ... , strategy , and organizational structure give the firm a selection advantage over other organizations We argue that research on interdependencies fit is an underexplored variable in strategy and ..."

• The Centrality of Organization Design

  Raymond E. Miles

  12-13

  2012-05-31

  ...  Strategy , Structure , and Process. McGraw-Hill, New York. Miles re, snow CC. 1994. Fit, Failure, and the understanding of strategy , as we pointed out some time ago (Miles & Snow, 1978). For example, if you want to be ..."

• Organizational Design Challenges Resulting From Big Data

  Jay R. Galbraith

  2-13

  2014-04-10

  ... organization’s structure via a process he called “concatenation.” Nike’s recent strategy and structure  ..."

• The Future of Organization Design: An Interpretative Synthesis in Three Themes

  Richard M. Burton

  42-44

  2013-04-18

  ... without purpose and strategy is meaningless as stated by Chandler (1962) in his famous dictum, “ structure  ..."

• Organization Design for Dynamic Fit: A Review and Projection

  Mark Nissen

  30-42

  2014-08-29

  ... refers to the alignment of organizational strategy , structure , and process while external fit refers to ..."

• The Future of Organization Design

  Jay R. Galbraith

  3-6

  2012-05-31

  ... states, “ structure follows strategy .” It applies to organizing at the enterprise, business unit, region Chandler's (1962) work which states, " Structure follows strategy ." It applies to organizing at the enterprise ..."

• Networks, Clusters, and Small Worlds: Are they related?

  Luca Giustiniano, Chiara D'Alise

  48-53

  2015-07-07

  ... -world network structure , the higher the cluster’s performance (Watts, 1999). Organization design can ..."

• Activating Global Operating Models: The bridge from organization design to performance

  Amy Kates, Gregory Kesler

  38-47

  2015-07-28

  ...  strategy to structure to performance through organizational capabilities. Enterprise-wide capabilities are ..."

• Resume of interview with Ron Nicol, Boston Consulting Group

  John Joseph

  48

  2015-11-09

  ... , Assistant Professor of Strategy at the University of California-Irvine, discuss BCG’s approach to ..."

• How to get the Matrix Organization to Work

  Richard M. Burton, Børge Obel, Dorthe Døjbak Håkonsson

  37-45

  2015-12-21

  ...  structure to a complex matrix in order to meet the growing complexity in the world in which they operate Many organizations, both public and private, are changing their structure to a complex matrix in ..."

• Fit Between Organization Design and Organizational Routines

  Constance E. Helfat, Samina Karim

  18-29

  2014-07-31

  ... . 1962. Strategy and Structure : Chapters in the History of the American Industrial Enterprise ..."

• The Role of Performance Management in Creating and Maintaining a High-Performance Organization

  André A. de Waal, Béatrice I.J.M. van der Heijden

  1-11

  2015-04-14

  ...  structure (structural dimension): A clear parenting style; tasks and responsibilities have been defined and ..."

• Multimarket Competition

  Metin Sengul, Stefan Dimitriadis

  18-30

  2015-11-03

  ... and empirical analyses in antitrust, industrial organization, and strategy research due to its ..."

• Organizational Models for Big Data and Analytics

  Robert L. Grossman, Kevin P. Siegel

  20-25

  2014-04-10

  ... processes, and establishing an analytics governance structure to ensure that analytics processes are establishing an analytics governance structure to ensure that analytics processes are supported by the ..."

• Jay R. Galbraith Memorial Project

  Børge Obel, Charles C. Snow

  58-73

  2014-08-07

  ... of strategy and structure have been of particular value. his insights pertaining to the need for ..."

• A Practitioner’s View of the Future of Organization Design: Future Trends and Implications for Royal Dutch Shell

  Jan Steinmetz, Chuck Bennett, Dorthe Døjbak Håkonsson

  7-11

  2012-05-31

  ...  strategy against a range of possible developments over the long term and to think broadly about the future ..."

• Introduction

  Richard M. Burton, Dolly Mastrangelo, Fabrizio Salvador

  1

  2014-04-10

  ... historically strategy and structure co-evolve, he predicts the shape of an organization that embraces the big ..."

• The Strategic Fitness Process: A Collaborative Action Research Method for Developing and Understanding Organizational Prototypes and Dynamic Capabilities

  Michael Beer

  27-33

  2013-04-18

  ... misaligned with its goals and strategy . The Strategic Fitness Process (SFP) was designed to enable leaders to ..."

• The Challenge of Being Outstanding: A Look Back and Ahead After 25 Years of Guiding Business Excellence

  Harry S. Hertz

  44-49

  2015-03-26

  ... organization on track. They have to lead the focus on customers and design an organizational structure that ..."

• Towards Alliance Performance Management in Service Logistics

  Bianca Keers, Paul C. van Fenema

  12-28

  2015-04-30

  ... of an alliance business strategy . Our study focuses on the establishment of vertical service business strategy . Our study focuses on the establishment of vertical service alliances within the Dutch ..."

• Improving Supply Chain Performance Through Organizational Design: Insights from key suppliers to the United States Air Force

  David J. Ketchen, Jr., T. Russell Crook, James G. Combs, J. David Patterson

  64-72

  2012-12-14

  ... evolution of organizational structure can create significant advantages as well as disadvantages. On the ..."

• A Neglected Role for Organizational Design: Supporting the Credibility of Delegation in Organizations

  Diego Stea, Kirsten Foss, Nicolai J. Foss

  3-17

  2015-12-04

  ... way they carry out their job functions, and the structure of the organization (Burton & Obel ..."

• Emerging Assumptions About Organization Design, Knowledge And Action

  Alan Meyer

  16-22

  2013-12-12

  ...  structure – it’s all about process. You don’t put structures into place unless you have the strategy down ..."

• The Contingent Value of Organizational Integration

  Virpi Turkulainen, Mikko Ketokivi

  31-43

  2013-08-20

  ... Organizational Complexityc Our organization structure is relatively flatd 0.54 0.60 0.50 0.64 0.64 0.60 0.83 ..."

• Organizing Healthcare For Changing Markets: The Case of Ascension Health

  Eric S. Engler, Stephen L. Jones, Andrew H. Van de Ven

  3-15

  2013-12-12

  ... the United States. We describe Ascension Health’s overall organization structure and a 16-month ..."

• Competition-Based Innovation: The Case of the X Prize Foundation

  Mokter Hossain, Ilkka Kauranen

  46-52

  2014-10-20

  ... innovation: Open innovation, external knowledge relations and urban structure . Regional Studies 42(5): 689 ..."

• Exploring an Innovation Project as a Source of Change in Organization Design

  Jacob Brix, Lois S. Peters

  29-43

  2015-04-30

  ... organization design. By using an embedded case study as our research strategy and organization design theory embedded case study as our research strategy and organization design theory as our analytical lens, we ..."

• Moving Design from Metaphor to Management Practice

  Jeanne Liedtka, Bidhan Parmar

  51-57

  2012-12-14

  ... the “wicked problems” (Churchman, 1967) that characterize strategy making today. eLeMents Of the ..."

• Untangling the Ambidexterity Dilemma through Big Data Analytics

  Tor Bøe-Lillegraven

  27-37

  2014-12-19

  ... key activities, key resources, cost structure , market/customer segments, and revenue model. Second ..."

• Organization Theory and the Changing Nature of Science

  Jonathon N. Cummings, Sara Kiesler

  1-16

  2014-11-12

  ... organizational strategy addresses the best structuring of expertise, attention, and workload in multiple project ..."

• Resume of Interview with Professor Charles Snow

  Dorthe Døjbak Håkonsson

  50-51

  2015-04-17

  ... This interview is with Professor Charles Snow. Snow is Professor Emeritus of Strategy and ..."

• Collaborative Approaches Needed to Close the Big Data Skills Gap

  Steven Miller

  26-30

  2014-04-10

  ... ). there is a talent shortfall as well in data strategy and in a wide variety of technical data management ..."

• How Decisions Can Be Organized - and Why It Matters

  Michael Christensen, Thorbjørn Knudsen

  41-50

  2013-12-12

  ... number of critical questions about the structure and process of decision making, issues that are about the structure and process of decision making, issues that are relevant for any kind of ..."

• Introduction

  Amy Kates, Charles C. Snow, Børge Obel

  1-2

  2013-12-12

  ... @kateskesler.com CHARLES C. SNOW Emeritus Professor of Strategy and Organization Penn State University E-mail ..."

• Editorial

  Børge Obel, Charles C. Snow

  1-2

  2012-05-31

  ... is future-oriented in both publication strategy and content. the journal will offer the following ..."

• Designing the Organization for User Innovation

  Peter Keinz, Christoph Hienerth, Christopher Lettl

  20-36

  2012-12-14

  ... major user innovation strategies. We then derive the implications of each user innovation strategy on ..."

• A Future for the Science of Organization Design

  Phanish Puranam

  18-19

  2012-05-31

  ... and community contexts. Strategic Management Journal, Special Issue on Strategy and the Design of ..."

• How To Design A Triple Bottom Line Organization: A Start-Up Case Study

  Bernhard Schroeder, Alex DeNoble

  48-57

  2014-05-19

  ... company’s founder and CEO, with no initial product, distribution, or revenue strategy , sought to develop a ..."

• Introduction

  Børge Obel, Charles C. Snow

  1-2

  2015-11-03

  ... : a. Logical structure of the argument, including i. Causal mechanisms (including definitions and main ..."

• Open Innovation and Organization Design

  Michael Tushman, Karim R. Lakhani, Hila Lifshitz-Assaf

  24-27

  2012-05-31

  ... among organizational boundaries, organization structure , and innovation in a set of industries that organizational boundaries, organization structure , and innovation in a set of industries that varied by ..."

• A Model of the Platform-Ecosystem Organizational Form

  Moshe Yonatany

  54-58

  2013-08-20

  ... of access to the user base. However, such a strategy is not likely to be beneficial in the long run ..."

• Navigating New Legal Demands For Franchisor Accountability

  Carolyn Plump, Esq., David J. Ketchen

  43-47

  2014-08-01

  ... behavior in two cases: Susser v. Carvel Corporation (1962) and Seigel v. Chicken Delight, Inc. (1971). In ..."

• Disobeying Power Laws: Perils for Theory and Method

  G. Christopher Crawford

  75-81

  2012-08-03

  ... distributions have been found in U.S. firm size, overall industry structure , competitive performance advantages ..."

• How Can We Create Collaborative Design Knowledge in Politicized Contexts?

  Jone L. Pearce

  38-40

  2013-12-12

  ... managers will seize the opportunity to argue that their own preferred organizational structure is an ..."

• Substitutes for Silicon Valley: The case of the Round House Startup Factory

  David J. Ketchen, Kyle Sandler

  31-36

  2017-08-27

  ... , developing an innovative business model, and making astute choices about governance, culture, and structure  ..."