Littler, Craig R. and Wiesner, Retha and Dunford, Richard (2003) The dynamics of delayering: changing management structures in three countries. Journal of Management Studies, 40 (2). pp. 225-256. ISSN 0022-2380
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Abstract
The 1990s witnessed significant changes in organizational design philosophy.This paper delineates trends in delayering based on surveys of 2964 organizations across three countries and assesses the effects in terms of management structures, workloads,productivity and the notion of the 'survivor syndrome'. It concludes that delayering has been widespread as an organizational strategy; that there are few signs of a delayering -relayering cycle, but the effects in relation to managers was a collapse of commitment in Australia and South Africa. However, there were significant diffences in New Zealand. A downsizing/delayering model is discussed.
| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | management structure; delayering; organizational behaviour |
| Fields of Research (FOR2008): | 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 1503 Business and Management > 150311 Organisational Behaviour 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1701 Psychology > 170107 Industrial and Organisational Psychology 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 1503 Business and Management > 150305 Human Resources Management |
| Subjects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Socio-Economic Objective (SEO2008): | B Ecomonic Development > 91 Economic Framework > 9102 Microeconomics > 910202 Human Capital Issues |
| ID Code: | 7699 |
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| Deposited On: | 29 Apr 2010 13:00 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Aug 2011 16:24 |
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