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A Preliminary Empirical Test Of Daft And Weick's Typology Of Oganizations As Interpretive Systems, Lynn A. Isabella, Sandra A. Waddock Jan 1988

A Preliminary Empirical Test Of Daft And Weick's Typology Of Oganizations As Interpretive Systems, Lynn A. Isabella, Sandra A. Waddock

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A game simulation was used to observe 355 bankers and their information seeking and decision processes. Although hypotheses about organizational behavior were not fully supported, it was clear from the study that organization that used more total sources of information were more successful.


Organization Structure And Financial Market Performance: A Preliminary Test, Richard A. Bettis, Andrew Chen Jan 1985

Organization Structure And Financial Market Performance: A Preliminary Test, Richard A. Bettis, Andrew Chen

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Firms in the petroleum industry adopting a multidivisional structure arestudied to observe the impact of structural change on financial performance. The outcome did not clearly show divisional structure to be a determining factor in performance. There is some suggestion that this may have a great deal to do with the vertical integration inherent in the petroleum industry.