THE FACT AND CAUSES OF VARIATION IN STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES
通过三个平行案例研究，证明不同组织在结构发展过程中确实遵循不同路径，并指出这种差异源于围绕新结构的组织控制结构的不同。
ABSTRACT As organizations adapt to changes in environmental conditions and internal needs, they often develop new structures. Research has described several diverse processes by which this development takes place ( cf. Chandler, 1962; Child, 1972; Pettigrew, 1973; Sproull, et al. , 1978). The only explanations provided thus far for these divergent views is methodological artefact and observer bias (Allison, 1971). In this paper, three parallel case studies are used to show that such differences are real ‐ different organizations do follow different development paths. Evidence is provided to suggest that this variation is caused by the differing structures of organizational control surrounding new structures.