Coordination and Experimentation in M‐Form and U‐Form Organizations
比较M型与U型组织在不确定项目实验中的表现，发现M型在属性匹配协调上更优，但在属性兼容协调和专业化收益上较弱，其独特优势在于能灵活选择小规模或全面实验。
We compare the performance of organizational forms (M-form and U-form) in experimenting with uncertain projects. In our framework, organizational forms affect the information structure of an organization and thus the way to coordinate changes. Compared to the U-form, the M-form organization achieves better coordination in "attribute matching" but suffers from coordination in "attribute compatibility" and less gains in specialization. The distinctive advantage of the M-form is its flexibility in choosing between small-scale and full-scale experimentation. © 2006 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.