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| Author: | Rank, O.N. |
| Title: | Formal structures and informal networks: Structural analysis in organizations |
| Journal: | Scandinavian Journal of Management
2008 : JUN, VOL. 24:2, p. 145-161 |
| Index terms: | organizations networks network analysis executives top management strategic management decision making multinational companies Germany |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Using a network-analytical approach, this study tests predictions as to the co-existence of formal organizational structures and informal networks. Based on data collected from the cooperative relationships within the strategic decision process at the two top-management levels of two German multinational corporations, the results from applying ANOVA and QAP techniques show that managers taking part in strategy-making use informal cooperation ties in addition to their formally designed relationships but they disregard their formal work contacts to a surprising extent. Furthermore, significant differences can be found between horizontal and vertical relationships. |
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