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Tekijä:Rank, O.N.
Otsikko:Formal structures and informal networks: Structural analysis in organizations
Lehti:Scandinavian Journal of Management
2008 : JUN, VOL. 24:2, p. 145-161
Asiasana:organizations
networks
network analysis
executives
top management
strategic management
decision making
multinational companies
Germany
Kieli:eng
Tiivistelmä: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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