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| Author: | Brunsson, N. |
| Title: | The standardization of organizational forms as a cropping-up process |
| Journal: | Scandinavian Journal of Management
1997 : SEP, VOL. 13:3, p. 307-320 |
| Index terms: | STANDARDS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE FASHIONS INDUSTRY DIFFUSION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | There are three ways of explaining homogeneity and heterogeneity in organizational forms: by referring to operations and environments, to diffusion processes and to cropping-up processes. The first builds on the assumption that forms and operations are closely connected, the others on the assumption that forms and operations may be fairly independent of each other. Some homogeneity and heterogeneity among organizations can be explained by versions of one of these models only. Other cases can only be explained with the help of more than one of these models. Detailed empirical studies of reform processes can give insights into the way the conditions and processes described in the models interact in practice. |
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