Probabilistic baseline generator for role differentiation in formal organizations
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Authors
Moore, Louis Robert
Haga, William James
Subjects
organizational sociology
mathematical sociology
organization theory, organization growth models
structural evolution
systems size and complexity role differentiation
combinatorial measures.
mathematical sociology
organization theory, organization growth models
structural evolution
systems size and complexity role differentiation
combinatorial measures.
Advisors
Date of Issue
1975-02
Date
July 1974-December 1974
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
eng
Abstract
Algorithms are suggested for generating probabilistic distributions of
organization role differentiation for given organization sizes under five
general assumptions. The assumptions deal with uniqueness among the skills
of organization members and among skill demands of organization roles. The
algorithms calculate the distributions of all logically possible arrangements
of s^ people filling k roles. This procedure yields a percentile role
differentiation indicator (PRDI) for any given organization size s^ under each of the five general assumptions. A PRDI value indicates how much of
an organization's empirical role differentiation is accounted for by size,
allowing an investigator to examine the effects of other influences upon
complexity. A series of PRDI values across time tell the effects of other
variables besides size upon the complexity of a growing organization. In
cross-sectional analysis, PRDI values eliminate the logical effects of size
alone upon the complexity of a set of organizations of different sizes.
Type
Technical Report
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Department
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NPS Report Number
NPS-53M175021
Sponsors
The work reported herein was supported in part by the Foundation
Research Program of the Naval Postgraduate School with funds provided
by the Chief of Naval Research.
Funder
N001 74-75 - WR-5-0129
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