THE ARCHITECTURE OF SIMPLICITY

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: MILLER, D
• 署名单位: McGill University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.2307/258825
• 发表日期: 1993
• 页码: 116-138
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; CEO TENURE; decline; ATTRIBUTIONS; succession; adaptation; management; COMMITMENT

摘要

This article argues that over time the world views, goals, strategies, cultures, and processes of successful organizations will become more pure or ''simple'': They will come to focus more narrowly on a single theme, activity, or issue at the expense of all others. This is explained by managerial, cultural, structural. and process factors within the organization. It is also attributed to both the complementary way in which these factors configure and the paradox that although simplicity may trigger ultimate failure, it can bring about initial success. The article offers some illustrative propositions concerning the nature, causes, moderating factors, and consequences of simplicity, and it makes suggestions for conducting further research.