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== Periodic table of processes within organized activities == | == Periodic table of processes within organized activities == | ||
==== Choosing Formal Architecture ==== | ==== ''Choosing'' Formal Architecture ==== | ||
*Weber — formalization | *Weber — formalization | ||
** Michels —fluid democratic process | ** Michels —fluid democratic process becomes formal oligarchy? | ||
*Simon — decomposing problem | *Simon — decomposing the problem | ||
* Coase — choosing market vs firm | * Coase — choosing market vs firm | ||
** Williamson — choosing regulation vs auction, choosing U-form vs M-form, ... | ** Williamson — choosing regulation vs auction, choosing U-form vs M-form, ... | ||
**Hart — allocating control | **Hart — allocating control | ||
*analog of Coase for design of government? | |||
**McNollgast — designing contestation procedures | **McNollgast — designing contestation procedures | ||
**Mashaw — delegation | **Mashaw — delegation | ||
*Holmstrom — | *Holmstrom — incentive ''contract'' | ||
*White — agency vs. control | *White — agency vs. control | ||
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** Skocopol — state capacity | ** Skocopol — state capacity | ||
*Stinchcombe — imprinting | *Stinchcombe — imprinting | ||
*Freeman & Hannan — inertia | **Freeman & Hannan — inertia | ||
*Meyer & Rowan — symbolic adoption | *Meyer & Rowan — symbolic adoption | ||
*DiMaggio & Powell — normative influence (e.g., from professions) | *DiMaggio & Powell — normative influence (e.g., from professions) | ||
*Tolbert & Zucker — mimetic diffusion | *Tolbert & Zucker — mimetic diffusion | ||
*Kalev — bias and formalization | **Edelman — law & symbolic structure | ||
**Kalev — bias and formalization | |||
*Soule — incorporating critics | |||
==== Managing Informal Architecture ==== | ==== Managing Informal Architecture ==== | ||
*Kaufman — socialization | *Kaufman — selection, socialization | ||
*March | *March — managing coalition | ||
*Ostrom — building collaboration | *Ostrom — building collaboration | ||
*Schein — leading culture and narrative | *Schein — leading culture and narrative | ||
*Edmondson — building psychological safety | |||
*Gibbons & Henderson — managing relational contracting | *Gibbons & Henderson — managing relational contracting | ||
*Kellogg — negotiating institutional change | *Kellogg — negotiating institutional change | ||
==== Networks ==== | |||
*Granovetter — reciprocation + trust | |||
*Powell — know-how & hybrids | |||
*Burt, Uzzi — resource access | |||
==== Power and Politics ==== | ==== Power and Politics ==== | ||
*March, Cyert & March | *March, Cyert & March | ||
**Pfeffer & Salancik | **Pfeffer & Salancik — resource dependence | ||
*Blau, Emerson, Cook — exchange, dependence | *Blau, Emerson, Cook — exchange, dependence | ||
*Schelling — strategy of conflict | *Schelling — strategy of conflict | ||
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**Podolny — status dynamics | **Podolny — status dynamics | ||
*Hirschman — exit, voice, loyalty | *Hirschman — exit, voice, loyalty | ||
**Roy, Burawoy — informal resistance | |||
*Carpenter — capture | *Carpenter — capture | ||
==== Knowledge and Learning ==== | ==== Knowledge and Learning ==== | ||
*Simon, March & Simon | *Simon, March & Simon | ||
*Nelson & Winter — routines | *Nelson & Winter — routines | ||
**Feldman — dynamics of routines | |||
*Cohen & Levinthal — absorptive capacity | *Cohen & Levinthal — absorptive capacity | ||
*Orlikowski — knowing in practice | *Orlikowski — knowing in practice | ||
*Padgett & Powell — innovation & invention | |||
*Simon — satisficing | ==== beyond this domain ==== | ||
*unmanaged processes between organizations | |||
**competition (& selection) | |||
**Zuckerman — categorization | |||
*individual-level processes | |||
**Simon — satisficing | |||
**Goffman — impression management | |||
x | |||
==More verbs== | ==More verbs== | ||
*Differentiate | *Differentiate | ||
*Incentivize | *Incentivize | ||
*March, Cohen, Levinthal — search | *March, Cohen, Levinthal — search | ||
*Work (or provide effort) | *Work (or provide effort) | ||
*Vote | *Vote | ||
== Periodic table of elements == | == Periodic table of elements == |
Latest revision as of 19:06, 8 July 2016
Periodic table of processes within organized activities[edit]
Choosing Formal Architecture[edit]
- Weber — formalization
- Michels —fluid democratic process becomes formal oligarchy?
- Simon — decomposing the problem
- Coase — choosing market vs firm
- Williamson — choosing regulation vs auction, choosing U-form vs M-form, ...
- Hart — allocating control
- analog of Coase for design of government?
- McNollgast — designing contestation procedures
- Mashaw — delegation
- Holmstrom — incentive contract
- White — agency vs. control
Other Determinants of Formal Architecture[edit]
- Tilly — wars make states
- Skocopol — state capacity
- Stinchcombe — imprinting
- Freeman & Hannan — inertia
- Meyer & Rowan — symbolic adoption
- DiMaggio & Powell — normative influence (e.g., from professions)
- Tolbert & Zucker — mimetic diffusion
- Edelman — law & symbolic structure
- Kalev — bias and formalization
- Soule — incorporating critics
Managing Informal Architecture[edit]
- Kaufman — selection, socialization
- March — managing coalition
- Ostrom — building collaboration
- Schein — leading culture and narrative
- Edmondson — building psychological safety
- Gibbons & Henderson — managing relational contracting
- Kellogg — negotiating institutional change
Networks[edit]
- Granovetter — reciprocation + trust
- Powell — know-how & hybrids
- Burt, Uzzi — resource access
Power and Politics[edit]
- March, Cyert & March
- Pfeffer & Salancik — resource dependence
- Blau, Emerson, Cook — exchange, dependence
- Schelling — strategy of conflict
- Merton — accumulative advantage
- Podolny — status dynamics
- Hirschman — exit, voice, loyalty
- Roy, Burawoy — informal resistance
- Carpenter — capture
Knowledge and Learning[edit]
- Simon, March & Simon
- Nelson & Winter — routines
- Feldman — dynamics of routines
- Cohen & Levinthal — absorptive capacity
- Orlikowski — knowing in practice
- Padgett & Powell — innovation & invention
beyond this domain[edit]
- unmanaged processes between organizations
- competition (& selection)
- Zuckerman — categorization
- individual-level processes
- Simon — satisficing
- Goffman — impression management
x
More verbs[edit]
- Differentiate
- Incentivize
- March, Cohen, Levinthal — search
- Work (or provide effort)
- Vote
Periodic table of elements[edit]
(Generic dimensions/elements of organizations that we might also find a way to include:)
- Boundaries
- Participation/joining costs/benefits
- Networks
- Incentives
- Relational contracts
- Turnover
- Hierarchy
- resources
- reputation
- constituencies/audiences
- credibility
- goldbricking / shirking
- Coalitions
- Elections
- Identity
- Ideology
- culture