Organizational Configurations Research Articles

Costs and Projected Effect of a Federally Qualified Health Center-Based Mailed Colorectal Cancer Screening Program in Texas.

Mailed stool testing for colorectal cancer (CRC) may improve screening uptake and reduce the incidence and mortality of CRC, especially among patients at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). To expand screening programs it is important to identify cost-effective approaches. We developed a decision-analytic model to estimate the cost, effects on screening and patient outcomes (CRCs detected, CRCs prevented, CRC deaths prevented), and cost-effectiveness of implementing a state-wide mailed stool testing program over 5 years among unscreened, age-eligible (aged 50-75 y) patients at FQHCs in Texas. We compared various outreach strategies and organizational structures (centralized, regional, or a hybrid). We used data from our existing regional mailed stool testing program and recent systematic reviews to set parameters for the model. Costs included start-up and ongoing activities and were estimated in 2022 US dollars from the perspective of a hypothetical third-party payer. Cost-effectiveness was assessed by using both incremental and average cost-effectiveness ratios. Using either a statewide centralized or hybrid organizational configuration to mail stool tests to newly eligible FQHC patients and patients who have responded at least once since program inception is likely to result in the best use of resources over 5 years, enabling more than 110,000 additional screens, detecting an incremental 181 to 194 CRCs, preventing 91 to 98 CRCs, and averting 46 to 50 CRC deaths, at a cost of $10 million to $11 million compared with no program. A statewide mailed stool testing program for FQHC patients can be implemented at reasonable cost with considerable effects on CRC screening outcomes, especially when its structure maximizes program efficiency while maintaining effectiveness.

Why Reinvent the Wheel? Materializing multiplicity to resist reification in alternative organizations

Often we unconsciously take for granted that there is not really an alternative to how we currently organize society – we tend to reify existing social order, misperceiving the way things are now as the way things must be. Such reification constrains our agency by discouraging the thought that we could do better. Alternative organizations undermine this reification by manifesting the real possibility of organizing differently. Such dereification is valuable in itself insofar as it lifts constraints on agency, facilitating intentional choice regarding the social systems we (re)produce. A case study of this dereification is offered by the Réseau Alimentaire Local (RAL), a network of French ‘solidarity groceries’ unified by the pursuit of more just and sustainable alternatives to the dominant model. Groups within the RAL develop their own software to manage these novel alternatives. We were struck, however, by some groups’ efforts to reify their own solutions, disparaging other approaches as mere attempts to ‘reinvent the wheel’. The case thus raised a tricky question: can alternative organizations dereify existing social order without at the same time reifying their proposal, thereby reimposing constraints on agency? Our exploration through the RAL case grounds two contributions. First, conceptualizing reification in terms of materializing abstract ideas, we demonstrate how any given organizational configuration contributes to the materialization of multiple ideas simultaneously. We identify two forms of such multiplicity: vertical multiplicity, where nested relational networks materialize coherent ideas that differ only in their degree of specificity; and horizontal multiplicity, where intersecting relational networks materialize divergent ideas of the same degree of specificity. We argue that failure to recognize this multiplicity accounts for a great deal of materiality’s reifying capacity, while its recognition can facilitate new ways of approaching the dereification challenge. Our second contribution is therefore a strategy for resisting reification: materializing multiplicity.

Investigating Party Abroad: Party Origins and Degrees of Formalization

This article contends that contemporary transnational dynamics have given rise to novel political subjects and territories for political engagement. By looking at how parties as organizational actors operate abroad, this study reworks extant classificatory attempts and proposes an amended typology in which the salient elements of variation are the origin of the party abroad and the degree of formalization. These two dimensions produce a matrix delineating four distinct types of party organization: branch-abroad, organization-abroad in franchising, committee-abroad, and semi-political structures. Conceptually, the typology elucidates the multifaceted nature of the structural approaches employed by home parties in their endeavors to establish connections with communities abroad. Empirically, this contribution enhances the comparability between organizational configurations abroad and extant research on party structures at the national level.

The key role of market orientation in innovation ambidexterity in agribusiness firms

AbstractThe objective of this study is to examine the relationships between market orientation, organizational culture, proactive management, organizational climate, and organizational structure on the innovative orientation (exploitative and exploratory innovation). Little research has been conducted to examine the relationship between these organizational dimensions and innovation orientation. This study offers this and provides a particular type of companies (agribusiness) and context (Extremadura, Spain). Quantitative approach, by using structural modelling equations, to analyze data from 151 innovative agri-food firms was used in this study. Then, using a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), was carried out to obtain additional insights. The main result find that market orientation plays a key role both in exploitative and exploratory innovation in agribusiness firms. Innovation exploitation is influenced by the firm’s organic structure. Results from fsQCA provide valuable findings showing that innovation exploitation and exploration result from distinct organizational configurations, thus providing valuable insights for decision and policy-making.

Management accounting for a circular economy: current limits and avenue for a dialogic approach

PurposeThis study investigates the implementation of a sustainable circular business model from an accounting perspective. Its goal is to understand if and how decision- makers use management accounting systems, and what changes are needed if these systems are to support the transition toward a circular economy.Design/methodology/approachDialogic accounting theory frames the case study of six companies that built a value network to develop and implement an innovative packaging solution consistent with circular economy principles. Content analysis was utilised to investigate the accounting tools used.FindingsThe findings indicate that circular solutions generate new organisational configurations based on value networks. Interestingly, managers’ decision-making process largely bypassed the accounting function; they relied on informal accounting and life cycle analysis, which stimulated a multi-stakeholder dialogue in a life cycle perspective.Research limitations/implicationsThe research provides theoretical and practical insights into the capability of management accounting systems to support companies seeking circular solutions.Practical implicationsThe authors offer implications for accounting practice, chief financial officers (CFOs) and accounting educators, suggesting that a dialogic approach may support value retention of resources, materials and products, as required by the circular economy.Social implicationsThe research contributes to the debate about the role of accounting in sustainability, specifically the need for connecting for resource efficiency at the corporate level with the rationalisation of resource use within planetary boundaries.Originality/valueThe study contributes to the limited research into the role of management accounting in a company’s transition to circular business models. Dialogic accounting theory frames exploration of how accounting may evolve to help businesses become accountable to all stakeholders, including the environment.

Categorization of organizational reputation and subordinate organizations' global funding outcome: A higher education perspective

Reputation is critical for building relationships with business customers in the global marketplace. However, in structurally connected organization configurations, the literature focuses mainly on one of the functional unit's reputations (either subordinate or superordinate organization), leaving out the interplay of reputation among various units in the organization. Drawing on identity and categorization theories, we develop a framework to examine the effects of brand reputation at both levels. Our study context is higher education, where business schools (subordinate) operate as autonomous entities globally yet are dependent on universities (superordinate) for policy decisions. We specify a random effects model on a 10-year panel dataset of 193 business schools to account for unobserved heterogeneity, potential selection bias, and endogeneity of reputation. Our findings suggest that brand reputation attributes at the subordinate and superordinate levels both individually and synergistically affect subordinate funding outcomes (i.e., business-school endowment). Furthermore, subordinate-level resource-utilization signals, such as diversification strategies and top executives' backgrounds, and superordinate-level policy signals, such as organization ownership and inclusivity, inform donor decisions and moderate the reputation–funding relationship. Our study suggests that administrators and managers should consider donor identity salience in marketing efforts.

Digital Marketing Strategies Leveraging Data Fusion and Communication Technology for Effective Human Resource Management and Organizational Configuration

Digital Marketing Strategies Leveraging Data Fusion and Communication Technology for Effective Human Resource Management and Organizational Configuration

Generic strategic positioning and organizational configurations in private micro-clinics

By linking concepts and ideas from the private health services (PHS) and Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS) literature with Porter's generic framework, this paper aims to identify the competitive positioning at a micro-clinic level in the private health services industry and to examine the perceived role of the institutions and intellectual capital associated with each one. A Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) was used.The results show that organizational configurations are associated with proactivity when competing via differentiation. In contrast, cost leadership is linked to firms that compete with low tariffs and a defensivearchetype. Our work can serve as a basis to recommend specific competitive strategies for thehigh number of firms still following a stuck-in-the-middle positioning strategy.
  

Онтологія цілей і задач резильєнтності для організаційного рівня систем захисту інформації

The ontology of high-level resilience constructs in the context of building information protection systems at the organizational level is studied. The principles of interaction between these constructs and the elements of an organization’s structure and its assets, which are integral components of the resilience-building framework, are described in detail. The process of identi¬fying an organization’s critical functions and the associated risks as a foundation for constructing its resilience is highlighted. It is posited that in organizational configurations where a single entity encompasses multiple subdivisions or interconnected organizations, the resilience of the entire system cannot simply be viewed as the aggregate resilience of its constituent parts.

Leading early childhood education centers as professional bureaucracies – social organizational structures in Finnish early childhood education

PurposeThis study examines the social organizational structure of one early childhood education (ECE) center in Finland and the relationship between this structure and the roles and the responsibilities of the members of the organization.Design/methodology/approachThe research is a qualitative case study with ethnographic features. Its variables for content analysis are based on Henry Mintzberg's theory of organizational design.FindingsThe study's results show that the organizational structure of the ECE center follows the organizational configuration of a Professional bureaucracy and that the multiprofessional teams follow the configuration of a Simple structure. The structures for centralization and decentralization are suitable for a professional bureaucracy, but the roles of the members of the organization and the processes for shared decision-making lack clarification. The shortage of qualified ECE teachers disrupts the function of the organization and the work of ECE leaders.Research limitations/implicationsThe educational background of subjects may have affected the findings.Originality/valueThe study uses Henry Mintzberg's organizational structure theory to evaluate how and why power is distributed and activities are coordinated at the ECE center. The results also show what parts of the organization pose challenges that most commonly disrupt the organization's operations. With these findings, it is possible to expand the understanding of roles and responsibilities in the currently reforming ECE environment and what ECE centers need to function effectively. The study is part of a larger research project and will be continued to examine the leadership culture of the ECE center.

Knowledge Sharing: Antecedent and Consequences Literature Review

Knowledge dissemination is a core component of Knowledge Management (KM) that profoundly influences the efficacy of KM initiatives. Numerous scholarly research underscores the pivotal role of KM and its procedures in affording organizations a competitive advantage. External entities such as consumers, vendors, advisors, rivals, or newly-inducted employees' previous employers can be sources of knowledge. With the increasing emphasis on a knowledge-driven economy, disseminating knowledge has emerged as a high-efficiency organizational behaviour. Rapidly transmitting and sharing knowledge, compared to one's competitors, is perceived as a crucial competitive benefit. This article seeks to consolidate prior research insights regarding the influencers and consequences of knowledge dissemination within firms. This review was orchestrated in a tripartite manner: establishing a review methodology, undertaking the review, and elucidating the review findings. Cultivating a culture that values knowledge dissemination is critical to optimized knowledge management. Earlier research has delved into knowledge dissemination through lenses like technological, organizational, and individual behavioral facets. The precursors to knowledge dissemination encompass Technology, Behavioral and Motivational aspects, Incentive Mechanisms, Organizational Configuration, and Corporate Culture. Evidence-based research implies that knowledge dissemination exerts a spectrum of effects across individual, group, and organizational echelons. At the singular level, it influences efficacy, educational acquisition, innovation, and mental implications. In a group context, it affects group efficacy, innovative tendencies, and the overall environment. On an overarching scale, the knowledge exchange among staff members plays a role in determining organizational outcomes.

Effect of angle interlocking/plain weave compound fabric system on mechanical properties of aramid epoxy resin composites

Preform is one of the important factors affecting the mechanical properties of textile composites. To further reflect the influence of the preform structure on the mechanical properties of composite materials, the angle interlocking and plain weave structures are configured in a certain proportion to form a composite fabric with both structures. The results show that the compound fabric preform has a positive effect on the improvement of the mechanical properties of AERC. An increase in the proportion of angle interlocking organization configuration in the compound fabric system is beneficial to the increase in tensile strength of AERC. In this experiment, when the ratio of angle interlocking structure and plain weave structure in the compound fabric system is 3:1, the tensile strength of AERC increases significantly, which is 80.98% higher than that of AERC with angle interlocking preformed structure. When the preform is made of compound fabric, the bending properties of AERC are greatly improved, and the bending strength is also increased 1.20 times compared to the AERC with angle interlock structure as the preform. When the ratio of angle interlock weave and plain weave in the compound fabric system is 1:3, the bending strength of AERC increases 1.81 times the maximum. The proportion of two fabric structures in the compound fabric system has a significant impact on the impact properties of AERC. The increase in the proportion of plain weave in the compound fabric system is not conducive to the increase in impact strength of AERC, and the large proportion of corner interlock configuration is conducive to the increase in bending strength of AERC. When the ratio of angle interlocking structure to plain weave structure is 2:1, the AERC has the maximum impact strength of 33.14 KJ/m2, which is increased by 26.28%.

Digital Marketing Strategies Leveraging Data Fusion and Communication Technology for Effective Human Resource Management and Organizational Configuration

Digital Marketing Strategies Leveraging Data Fusion and Communication Technology for Effective Human Resource Management and Organizational Configuration

A CASE STUDY ON ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE CHANGE TO SUPPORT BIM IMPLEMENTATION IN DESIGN FIRM

This study empirically investigates organizational structure change (OSC) to support the implementation of building information modeling (BIM) in design firms. Unlike previous BIM implementation studies that focused primarily on changes in organizational configuration, this study provides a comprehensive view of changes in multiple organizational structure (OS) dimensions, including configuration, standardization and formalization, specialization, centralization, and integration. Based on Pettigrew’s contextual approach and empirical data from a case study, this study discusses and explains the processes and factors that underpin OSC. The finding shows that OSC to support BIM is a process that is directly tied to changes in the external BIM market context as well as the vision and strategy of the company’s internal BIM implementation. The outcomes of OSC result from dynamics among change context, change content, change process, and change leadership. Changes in different OS dimensions are also linked and can support one another. This study is helpful in developing an OSC framework for BIM implementation.

Explicating Enterprise Modelling As a Driver of the Small and Medium-Scale Manufacturing Enterprises’ Effective Performance

Enterprise modelling offers a comprehensive organisational configuration that aids holistic diagnosis to identify and correct areas of deficiencies. This often catalyses a manufacturing entity’s overall effective performance. In that context, this empirical research explores the iterative enterprise modelling’s edifying effects on the small and medium-size manufacturing entities’ (SMEs) effective performance. Using an exploratory case study research design, the empirical research evaluated the perceptions of twenty operational IT support personnel from twenty SMEs that are operating in Glasgow’s manufacturing sector on their level of enterprise modelling’s utilisation as a performance improvement initiative. Even if some of the narratives indicated some of the SMEs that are operating in Glasgow-Scotland to recognise the business values of enterprise modelling, findings still revealed most of the small and medium scale manufacturing entities to only use certain discrete generic operational diagnostic approaches. Such generic operational diagnostic approaches either entailed the use of less technologically-intensive diagnosis of whether a business’ performance is aiding the achievement of the desired outcomes or frequent manufacturing equipments’ diagnosis to minimise risks of major failures that often require complex technologically supported interventions. The study concludes with a framework that explicates the required critical iterative enterprise modelling processes that can be replicated by the small and medium scale manufacturing entities not only in Glasgow, but also across the world.

Management accounting practices and organizational change aspects in the public sector: contextual/processual approach

PurposeThe study aims to explain the process of management accounting practices and organizational change aspects in the public sector’s response to environmental pressures. Specifically, it discusses the interaction process between management accounting practices from one side and culture, leadership and decentralization from the other side.Design/methodology/approachThis study adopts qualitative research approach and an interpretive case study. The study uses the triangulation method of data collection, including interviews, annual reports, documents and archival records. A theoretical lens informs it of the contextual/processual approach for interpreting interaction processes between management accounting and organizational change aspects, including culture, leadership and decentralization.FindingsThe findings confirm that a change in organizational culture has an important impact on accounting change, which has played a central role in the desire to initiate and accept such changes by the organizational members. Similarly, the new leadership style created a unique culture that was considered a solid platform to introduce new accounting systems by enhancing the trust between IT staff and management accountants and their trust in themselves to accept the change. The paper concludes that the relationships between the change aspects at the organizational level, and accounting practices at the inherent organizational and accounting levels are both recursive and two way, with the two concepts inextricably interwoven.Research limitations/implicationsThe study has some limitations as the data is limited to only a single country – more explanation for Jordanian Customs Organization quantitative understandings of governance improvement. The study has important implications for practitioners and customs officials by showing that different government regulations and customs reforms have varied influences on the public sector. These reforms have included most modifications to the accounting and organizational configurations. This study contributes to institutional theory development and refinement by exploring the interface between external influences and internal origins in the accounting change process.Originality/valueThis study uses a categorical association between organizational changes and accounting in the public sector as most prior studies have been conducted on the private sector due to competitive and technical pressures. It also contributes to organizational change and accounting literature by discussing the relationship between accounting from one side and culture and leadership from another side.

Blockchain-Based Security Configuration Management for ICT Systems

The world has become increasingly dependent on large-scale and distributed information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructures and systems in sectors such as energy, transport, banking, healthcare, water supply, and digital services, while their protection is considered of paramount importance and has already drawn remarkable attention from governments and key industry players. Establishing common approaches by leveraging existing frameworks and cyber security practices for improving the security postures of those systems is one of the major objectives for ensuring an adequate level of protection and avoiding the detrimental effects of disruptions on society and citizens. Configuration management (CM) is one of those common practices for establishing and maintaining the integrity and consistency of a system and its elements with regard to the function, performance, and status of technical and physical attributes, and it contributes to a desirable security posture throughout the lifecycle of a system. This study addresses the importance of CM, and while considering the corresponding frameworks, standards, and best practices, it proposes a permissioned blockchain-based approach, that inherits the benefits of the blockchain technology and ensures the integrity of the systems’ configuration across the complete lifecycle management of its products and services as an underlying model for mapping and integrating CM functions. Furthermore, this study briefly presents the benefits and challenges of the application of permissioned blockchain models and proposes a smart-contract-based role-based access control mechanism, in addition to presenting an operating concept based on brief but real-life lifecycle requirements of organizational configuration management.

Frontline Bureaucratic Attitude toward Administrative Integration: Does Organizational Configuration Matter?

The attitudes of frontline bureaucrats play a crucial role in the implementation of administrative restructuring. Administrative integration is a type of administrative reform that can fundamentally change the structure of a local administrative system and may face opposition from local public bureaucracies. Successful administrative integration requires reformers to comprehensively grasp the factors that influence frontline bureaucrats’ attitudes toward this distinctive form of administrative restructuring. This study empirically examines how organizational configurations shape bureaucratic attitudes toward administrative integration. The findings have both theoretical and practical implications for research on bureaucratic attitudes, organizational configurations, and administrative integration.

Configuração organizacional e o desenvolvimento da capacidade absortiva: relações e influências

Objective: to analyze the existing relationships between typologies of organizational configurations with the development of absorptive capacity. Methodology: empirical research of an applied nature, Qualitative and descriptive approach. Data were collected through interviews with a structured script and analyzed using the content analysis technique. Originality: Offers explanations of how organizational settings influence the development of ACAP. Main results: the simple structure configuration favors the recognition capacity and limits the assimilation and application capacity. The bureaucratic machine favors the capacity for recognition and assimilation, and limits application. Professional bureaucracy limits the capacity for recognition and application and favors assimilation. In the divided form, the capacity for recognition and assimilation is favored, and the capacity for application is limited. In adhocracy the ability of recognition, assimilation and application are favored. Theoretical contributions: the evidence indicates a fruitful and significant relationship between the constructs, a fact that allows us to understand the organizational configuration as an important antecedent of ACAP.

Resonant infrared irradiation of CO and CH3OH interstellar ices

Context. Solid-phase photo-processes involving icy dust grains greatly affect the chemical evolution of the interstellar medium by leading to the formation of complex organic molecules and by inducing photodesorption. So far, the focus of laboratory studies has mainly been on the impact of energetic ultraviolet (UV) photons on ices, but direct vibrational excitation by infrared (IR) photons is expected to influence the morphology and content of interstellar ices as well. However, little is still known about the mechanisms through which this excess vibrational energy is dissipated, as well as its implications for the structure and ice photochemistry. Aims. In this work, we present a systematic investigation of the behavior of interstellar relevant CO and CH3OH ice analogs following the resonant excitation of vibrational modes using tunable IR radiation. We seek to quantify the IR-induced photodesorption and gain insights into the impact of vibrational energy dissipation on ice morphology. Methods. We utilized an ultrahigh vacuum setup at cryogenic temperatures to grow pure CO and CH3OH ices, as well as mixtures of the two. We exposed the ices to intense, near-monochromatic mid-IR (MIR) free-electron-laser radiation using the LISA end-station at the FELIX free electron laser facility to selectively excite the species. Changes to the ice are monitored by means of reflection-absorption IR spectroscopy combined with quadrupole mass-spectrometry. These methods also allowed us to characterize the photodesorption efficiency. Results. The dissipation of vibrational energy is observed to be highly dependent on the excited mode and the chemical environment of the ice. All amorphous ices undergo some degree of restructuring towards a more organized configuration upon on-resonance irradiation. Moreover, IR-induced photodesorption is observed to occur for both pure CO and CH3OH ices, with interstellar photodesorption efficiencies on the order of 10 molecules cm−2 s−1. This result is comparable to or higher than what is found for UV-induced counterparts. An indirect photodesorption of CO upon vibrational excitation of CH3OH in ice mixtures is also observed to occur, particularly in environments that are rich in methanol. Here, we discuss the astrochemical implications of these IR-induced phenomena.