Organization design - computational methods under vagueness

Abstract

An organization network, or organization chart, describes the structure of the corresponding organization. Organization networks also indicate the interrelationships among the components of the organization. Many of such interrelationships are related to somewhat vague concepts, such as experience and motivation. We study organization networks with fuzzy attributes. With the increasing use of computers in manufacturing, many manual and mental tasks previously performed by operators are being automated. Consequently, each operator is asked to attend to multiple work stations, supervising a number of automated tasks. Such automated tasks range from simple mechanical movements to very complicated algorithmic computations. Moreover, the operator is often asked to assist a mixture of mental and manual tasks. Thus, the general empirical rules concerning span of supervision must be refined and improved to allow for more precision.