The Use of Blockmodelling in the Study of Organization Structure: A Methodological Proposal
提出将网络分析中的块模型方法作为传统研究方法的补充，直接分析构成组织结构的多种互动关系，而非依赖抽象的整体属性，并以Thompson和Woodward的命题为例说明其应用。
This paper proposes the use of blockmodelling, a recent development in the field of network analysis, as a complement to traditional methodologies in studying organization structure. Blockmodelling is considered promising because it studies directly the multiple kinds of interactions which constitute organization structure rather than relying on abstractions of global properties (centralization, formalization, span of control etc.). Tests of some of the propositions of James Thompson and Joan Woodward are proposed as examples of how blockmodelling might be used in the study of organization structure.