Abstract
Article history: Received July 18, 2012 Received in revised format 10 November 2012 Accepted 15 November 2012 Available online November 29 2012 Organizational structure plays an important role on survival of any business units and it is important to understand different factors influencing it. In this paper, we present an empirical study to learn the effects of three parameters including formality, concentration and complexity on organizational performance. The proposed study of this paper is implemented for one of research-based organization located in city of Qom, Iran. There were 120 employees working for this organization and the proposed study of this paper has selected a sample of 100 people, designed, and distributed a questionnaire among them. The proposed study uses two methods of regression analysis as well as structural equation modeling to study the impacts of three variables on organizational performance. The results show that there are some positive and meaningful relationship between formality and concentration from one side and organizational performance from the other side. In addition, there is a meaningful and negative relationship between complexity and organizational performance. The results of structural equation modeling are also consistent with the results of structural equation modeling. © 2013 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Highlights
IntroductionResearch and development have been the basis for adding value to organizations
For many years, research and development have been the basis for adding value to organizations
We study the effects of three factors of formality, concentration and complexity on balanced score card (BSC) performance measurement of research based organizations
Summary
Research and development have been the basis for adding value to organizations. Kaplan and Norton (1992) explained that organizations had to focus on some goals such as promotion of employee’s capabilities and abilities, persuasion, information system performance, etc This aspect includes three main criteria including employee continuity, employee satisfaction, and efficiency. According to Keramati et al (2013), organizational commitment plays an essential role in business development especially in educational system They studied the relationship between six personal characteristics of employees of Azad University in province of Arak, Iran. The questionnaire consisted of various questions in Likert scale and there were six independent variables including age, gender, educational background, marital status, job experience and salary They studied the relationship of these six items with organization commitment. Based on the results of the survey, they concluded that those employees who could get more experience and maintain a good educational background would more likely to stay with a firm than young employees
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