Adaptation on rugged landscapes
Management Science
Introduction to the Theory and Application of Data Envelopment Analysis: A Foundation Text with Integrated Software
Innovation Explosion: Using Intellect and Software to Revolutionize Growth Strategies
Innovation Explosion: Using Intellect and Software to Revolutionize Growth Strategies
Information technology and economic performance: A critical review of the empirical evidence
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Trust as an Organizing Principle
Organization Science
Complexity Theory and Organization Science
Organization Science
Explaining Complex Organizational Dynamics
Organization Science
Landscape Design: Designing for Local Action in Complex Worlds
Organization Science
Reproducing Knowledge: Replication Without Imitation at Moderate Complexity
Organization Science
Organization Science
Imitation of Complex Strategies
Management Science
Processes and Their Frameworks
Management Science
Sequential Variety in Work Processes
Organization Science
Managing new industry creation: global knowledge formation and entrepreneurship in high technology
Managing new industry creation: global knowledge formation and entrepreneurship in high technology
Realizing business value of agile IT applications: antecedents in the supply chain networks
Information Technology and Management
Configurations of knowledge transfer relations: An empirically based taxonomy and its determinants
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
Information technology as a change actant in sustainability innovation: Insights from Uppsala
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Smart mobile media services: consumer intention model
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia
Changing Organizational Designs and Performance Frontiers
Organization Science
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The design of work has been and will continue to be a central problem challenging organization theory and practice. The system of arrangements and procedures for doing work affects all workers every day throughout the world. Work is changing dramatically. In an increasingly global and knowledge-intensive economy, work design is no longer contained within an organization; it often transcends the boundaries of organizations and countries. These changes call for a renewed research focus on work design. Building on configuration and complexity perspectives, we propose a framework for studying work design. We argue that three issues require attention to advance the knowledge of work design: (1) defining the boundaries of work systems, (2) examining how the system is nested in a hierarchy within and between organizations, and (3) determining interactions between the elements of a work system. We propose a method of frontier analysis for identifying equifinal designs-the set of equally effective work designs for different combinations of inputs (situations or contexts) and outputs (performance criteria). When work designs are examined longitudinally, these methods permit an examination of adaptation processes on changing fitness landscapes, suggesting how work systems may increase, decrease, or sustain their relative performance over time.