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September 13, 2004

Malone(1987)

Thomas W. Malone,"Modeling Coordination in Organizations and Markets", Management Science, Vol.33, No.10, pp.1317-1332, 1987.

Marchのいうところのroutineとしてのstructureをcoordination structureとして表現し，分類・定式化していると解釈した．
重要なのはproduction cost, coordination cost, vulnerability costの3つからcostが構成されているとしていることだ．なぜならそれがメインストリームっぽい感じがしたから．
ここではcostの差異について比較をしているが，Malone(1988)ではおそらくperformanceを比較してくるものと思われる．先が見えたので，こちらは優先度を下げる．

We first develop detailed definitions of several
structures that represent comon ways of coordinating human activity ---
various forms of markets and hierarchies. These definitions are based
on micro-level assumptions about how tasks are selected and assigned.
Then we analyze and compare these structures in terms of macro-level
characteristics such as production costs and coordination costs. In the
final section of the paper, we suggest some connections between these
formal models and previous generalizations about organizational design.
(pp.1317)

We will focus here on three king of costs for these
coordination structures: production costs, coordination costs, and
vulnerability costs. We include in production costs the costs of
production capacity and the costs of delays in processing tasks. We
include in coordination costs the costs of maintaining communication
links (or "channels") between actors and the costs of exchanging
"messages" along these links. By vulnerability costs, we mean the
unavoidable costs of a changed situation that are incurred before the
organization can adapt to a new situation.
(pp.1319)

Posted by ysk5 at September 13, 2004 11:04 PM