Information Processing as an Integrating Concept in Organizational Design

1978-07-01articleAcademy of Management Review2,572 citationsclosed

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Management Theory and Practice Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Management and Leadership

Abstract

Concepts of uncertainty and information processing are used to integrate the diverse organization design/structure literatures. This approach more fully explicates the concept of congruence which lies at the heart of contingency ideas. The review suggests a contingency approach to design which develops a feasible set of structural alternatives from which the organization can choose.

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