Organizational consultant: Creating a useable theory for organizational design

Management Science

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1648-1662

  Baligh, Helmy H ^a   Burton, Richard M ^a   Obel, Børge ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Contingency Theory; Expert System; Knowledge Base; Normative Science; Organizational Design; Synthesizing Theory

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY;

CONTINGENCY THEORY; DESIGN PARAMETER FIT; NORMATIVE SCIENCE; ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTANT; ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN; SITUATION FIT; SYNTHESIZING THEORY; TOTAL PARAMETER FIT;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030379598     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.42.12.1648     Document Type: Article

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