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December 05, 2004

Ouksel(2000)

Aris Ouksel and Ronald Vyhmeister, "Performance of Organizational
Design Models and Their Impact on Organization Learning", Computational
& Mathematical Organization Theory, Vol.6, No.4, pp.395-410, 2000.

For the purposes of this study, we define organizational
learning as the ability of an organization to measure its past
experiences against some aspiration level and to adjust its future
decision making behavior in order to move closer to that level.
(Mihavics 1995, p.19). Basically, this concept is totally dependent on
the feedback from the environment in response to a specific contigency
and its impact on an organization's future decision making.
(pp.397)

意思決定のモデル化についての2種類の分類．

Two main approaches are used to study how organizations
make decisions: descriptive and normative (or prescriptive) (Vroom and
Jago, 1974). Descriptive studies simply describe how decision making
takes place, while normative research develops models which provide a
rational basis for making decisions (Vroom and Yetton, 1973; Vroom and
Jago, 1974; Simon, 1965). Descriptive research focuses on quantitative
methods which enable rational decision making. Their advantage is case
of generalization, despite the obvious limitations.
(pp.397)

この辺の仮定の話もおさえておこう．

Three of the key assumptions in most of the simulated
decisions have been (a) that every agent in the organization receive
timely feedback, (b) that this feedback is accurate regarding the
correctness or incorrectness of his or her decision, and (c) that
feedback is never missing.(pp.402)

いささか決定論的なアプローチではあるな．
ここを批判しておこう．

An understanding of the impact of various organizational
design parameters on performance would enable an a priori evaluation of
some of the consequences of transiting from one organizational design
to another.
(pp.409)

Posted by ysk5 at December 5, 2004 02:33 PM