Environment, Technology, and the Administrative Intensity of Manufacturing Organizations

Data from forty-one manufacturing organizations produced no support for the position that variations in administrative intensity may be attributed to scale factors. However, technological and environmental variables did correlate with administrative intensity. In addition, interaction effects were observed which were consistent with hypotheses stressing constraints on structural change imposed from outside the organization and the vulnerability to environmental disruption produced by complex technologies.

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