Burns L R, Wholey D R
College of Business and Public Administration, University of Arizona.
Acad Manage J. 1993 Feb;36(1):106-38.
Organizational design theorists argue that organizations adopt matrix (departmentalized) structures for technical reasons, to solve problems of internal coordination and information processing. Research on interorganizational networks suggests that organizations adopt new structures because of mimetic forces and normative pressures. We examined the effects of both sets of factors on the adoption of matrix management in a group of hospitals. Multivariate analyses revealed that matrix adoption is influenced not only by task diversity, but also by sociometric location, the dissemination of information, and the cumulative force of adoption in interorganizational networks. Such variables exert little influence on decisions to abandon matrix programs, however.
组织设计理论家认为，组织采用矩阵（部门化）结构是出于技术原因，以解决内部协调和信息处理问题。对组织间网络的研究表明，组织采用新结构是由于模仿力量和规范压力。我们研究了这两组因素对一组医院采用矩阵管理的影响。多变量分析表明，采用矩阵不仅受任务多样性的影响，还受社会测量位置、信息传播以及组织间网络中采用的累积力量的影响。然而，这些变量对放弃矩阵计划的决策影响很小。
