INTERDEPARTMENTAL INTERDEPENDENCE AND COORDINATION - THE CASE OF THE DESIGN/MANUFACTURING INTERFACE

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: ADLER, PS
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.6.2.147
• 发表日期: 1995
• 页码: 147-167
• 关键词: FUNCTIONAL INTERDEPENDENCE; FUNCTIONAL COORDINATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; DESIGN; MANUFACTURABILITY; uncertainty; novelty; ANALYZABILITY

摘要

The popular business press has been awash with articles and books about new forms of organization which highlight cross-functional, adaptive, learning, time-based competitive capabilities. However, academic research on understanding the various dimensions of these new forms of organization is not very far along. For industrial companies, a crucial nexus for achieving adaptivity and minimizing cycle time involves the relationship between product design and manufacturing. This paper develops a taxonomy and framework for understanding the issues involved in coordination between these departments under conditions of uncertainty and equivocality subject to time constraints on projects.