Organizational Structure and Innovation in U.K. Voluntary Social Welfare Organizations: Applying the Aston Measures

Voluntas

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 345-362

  Osborne, Stephen P ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aston measures; Innovation; Organizational structure; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342514246     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022145831027     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Abernathy, W., and Utterbach, J. (1988). Patterns of industrial innovation. In M. Tushman and W. Moore (eds.), Readings in the Management of Innovation, Ballinger, Massachusetts.
2. Abernathy, W., Clark, K., and Kantrow, A. (1983). Industrial Renaissance, Basic Books, New York.
3. Abrams, P. (1984). Evaluating soft findings. Research Policy and Practice, 2(2), 1-8.
4. Astley, G., and Van de Ven, A. (1983). Central perspectives and debates in organization theory. Administrative Science Quarterly, 28, 245-273.
5. Burns, T., and Stalker, G. (1961). The Management of Innovation, Tavistock, London.
6. Camagni, R. (ed.) (1991). Innovation Networks, Spatial Perspectives, Belhaven Press, London.
7. Child, J. (1973). Predicting and understanding organization structure. Administrative Science Quarterly, 18, 168-185.
8. Child, J. (1984). Organization. A Guide to Problems and Practice, Harper Row, London.
9. Clark, P. (1990). Describing and Explaining the Structure of Canadian Textile Firms, Aston Programme Press, Aston University.
10. Denzin, N. (1970). The Research Act in Sociology, Butterworths, London.
11. Donaldson, L., and Warner, M. (1976). Bureaucratic and democratic structures in occupational interest associations. In D. Pugh and C. Hinings (eds.), Organizational Structure: Extensions and Replication, Saxon House, Farnborough.
12. Doudayns, M., and Hayman, E. (1993). Statistical indicators of innovation. Economic Trends, September., 113-123.
13. Eisenbis, R., and Avery, R. (1972). Discriminant Analysis and Classification Procedures, Lexington Books, Lexington, Massachusetts.
14. Feeser, H., and Willard, G. (1990). Founding strategy and performance. Strategic Management Journal, 11, 87-98.
15. Golden, B. (1992). The past is the past - or is it? The use of retrospective accounts as indicators of past strategy. Academy of Management Journal, 35, 848-860.
16. Gummesson, E. (1991). Qualitative Methods in Management Research, Sage, Beverly Hills, California.
17. Hedderson, J., and Fisher, M. (1993). SPSS Made Easy, Wadsworth, Belmont.
18. Hinings, C., Ranson, S., and Bryman, A. (1976). Churches as organizations: Structure and context. In D. Pugh and C. Hinings (eds.), Organizational Structure: Extensions and Replication, Saxon House, Farnborough.
19. Huxham, C. (1993). Collaborative capability. Public Money and Management, 13(3), 21-28.
20. Huxham, C., and Vangen, S. (1996). Managing inter-organizational relationships. In S. Osborne (ed.), Managing in the Voluntary Sector, International Thomson Business Press, London.
21. Inkson, K., Pugh. D., and Hickson, D. (1976). Organizational context and structure: An abbreviated replication. In D. Pugh and C. Hinings (eds.), Organizational Structure: Extensions and Replication, Saxon House, Farnborough.
22. Iwamura, A., and Jog, V. (1991). Innovation organization structure and the management of the innovation process in the securities industry. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 8(2), 104-116.
23. Johnson, N. (1987). The Welfare State in Transition, Wheatsheaf, Brighton.
24. Kim, J-O., and Mueller, C. (1978). Introduction to Factor Analysis, Sage, Beverly Hills, California.
25. Klecka, W. (1980). Discriminant Analysis, Sage, Beverly Hills, California.
26. Knapp, M., Robertson, E., and Thomason, C. (1990). Public money, voluntary action: Whose welfare? In H. Anheier and W. Seibel (eds.), The Third Sector, de Gruyter, Berlin.
27. Knokke, D., and Prensky, D. (1984). What relevance do organization theories have for voluntary organizations? Social Science Quarterly, 65, 3-20.
28. Mellor, H. (1985). The Role of Voluntary Organisation in Social Welfare, Croom Helm, London.
29. Miller, C., Cardinal, L., and Glick, W. (1997). Retrospective reports in organizational research: A reexamination of recent evidence. Academy of Management Journal, 40(1), 189-204.
30. Osborne, S. (1994). The Once and Future Pioneers. The Role of Voluntary Organizations in Innovation in Social Welfare Services in Britain, Joseph Rowntree Foundation/Aston University, Birmingham.
31. Osborne, S. (1996a). Voluntary and non-profit organizations and innovation in local services: The case of the personal social services. Local Government Policy Making, 23(3), 54-62.
32. Osborne, S. (1996b). Selecting a Methodology for Management Research: Issues and Resolution, PSMRC Working Paper 34, Aston University, Birmingham.
33. Osborne, S. (1998a). The innovative capacity of voluntary organizations. Managerial challenges for local government. Local Government Studies, 24(1), 19-40.
34. Osborne, S. (1998b). Naming the beast. Defining and classifying service innovations in social policy. Human Relations, 51, 1133-1154.
35. Osborne, S. (1998c). Voluntary Organizations and Innovation in Public Services, Routledge, London.
36. Osborne, S., and Flynn, N. (1998). The innovative role of voluntary and non-profit organizations in the provision of public services for local communities. Public Money and Management, 17(4), 31-40.
37. Paton, R. (1993). Organization and management studies on voluntary and non-profit organizations in the UK: Achievements and prospects, Paper presented to the "Researching Voluntary and Non-profit Organizations in the UK: The State of the Art" Symposium, University of the South Bank, London.
38. Poulton, G. (1988). Managing Voluntary Organisations, Wiley, Chichester.
39. Pugh, D. (1981). The Aston programme in perspective. In A. Van de Ven and W. Joyce (eds.), Perspectives on Organization Design and Behavior, John Wiley, New York.
40. Pugh, D., and Hickson, D. (1976). Organizational Structure in Its Context, Saxon House, Farnborough.
41. Pugh, D., and Hinings, C. (1976). Organizational Structure: Extensions and Replications, Saxon House, Farnborough.
42. Pugh, D., and Payne, R. (1977). Organizational Behaviour in Its Context, Saxon House, Farnborough.
43. Rickards, T. (1985). Stimulating Innovation, Pinter, London.
44. Salamon, L., and Anheier, H. (1994). The Emerging Sector, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
45. Singh, J., Tucker, D., and Meinhard, A. (1991). Institutional change and ecological dynamics. In W. Powell and P. DiMaggio (eds.), New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
46. Starbuck, W. (1981). A trip to view the elephants and rattlesnakes in the garden of Aston. In A. Van de Ven and W. Joyce (eds.), Perspectives on Organization Design and Behavior, John Wiley, New York.
47. Tushman, M., and Anderson, A. (1985). Technological discontinuities and organizational environments. Administrative Science Quarterly, 31, 439-465.
48. Tushman, M., and Moore, W. (1988). Readings in the Management of Innovation, Ballinger, Massachusetts.
49. Van de Ven, A., Angle, H., and Poole, M. (1989). Research on the Management of Innovation, Harper and Row, New York.
50. Woodward, J. (1965). Industrial Organization: Theory and Practice, Oxford University Press, London.
51. 6, P. (1993). Innovation by non-profit organizations: Policy and research issues. Non-profit Management and Leadership, 3(4), 397-414.