Distributional and Sequential Communication Structure: A Case Study in Organizational Decision-Making

1981 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 279-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda S. Henderson ◽  
William E. Jurma
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Communication Structure ◽  
Organizational Decision Making ◽  
Health Maintenance ◽  
Information Giving ◽  
Sequential Structure ◽  
Communications System ◽  
Consensus Decision

The decision-making interaction of a health maintenance organization's staff and a telephone company's sales consultants was analyzed. Audiotapes of two 1-hr. meetings required for a consensus decision regarding upgrading of the organization's communications system were transcribed. Discussants' speaking turns were classified by raters into one of the following content categories, Information Giving, Requests for Information, Opinion Giving, Requests for Opinion, Communication Facilitators, Communication Inhibitors, and Metadiscussional Statements. Results demonstrated the existence of patterns with regard to both the frequency of particular types of statement (distributional structure) and the ordering of types of statement (sequential structure). Patterning varied between the two meetings.

Beschäftigungsverhalten mittelständischer Unternehmen

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 208-233
Author(s):  
Albert Martin ◽  
Thorsten Jochims
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Employment Decisions ◽  
Organizational Decision Making ◽  
Empirische Untersuchung ◽  
The Relationship

Zusammenfassung Der vorliegende Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Entscheidung von mittelständischen Unternehmen, zusätz­liche Mitarbeiter einzustellen und mit der Frage, unter welchen Bedingungen die Ausweitung der Geschäftstätigkeit eine solche Entscheidung veranlasst. Das diesbezügliche Entscheidungsverhalten ist bislang wenig erforscht. Im Vordergrund der Untersuchung steht die Frage, wie sich in den überschaubaren und wenig formalen Verhältnissen, die typisch für mittelständische Unternehmen sind, Entscheidungsfindung und Entscheidungsumsetzung zueinander verhalten, ob sie sich überhaupt klar voneinander abheben, welche Rückkopplungsbeziehungen existieren und welcher Handlungslogik sie folgen. Als theoretische Grundlage dient ein handlungstheoretischer Ansatz, der den kollektiven Charakter der Beschäftigungsentscheidung herausstellt. Die empirische Untersuchung bedient sich der Fallstudienmethode und befasst sich mit der Rekonstruktion von Entscheidungsprozessen in elf mittelständischen Unternehmen. Abstract The present article deals with the decisions of medium-sized companies to hire additional employees and with the question under which conditions the expansion of business activities leads to such a decision. In particular, this paper discusses the relationship between making and executing employment decisions. To analyze this relationship we present a theoretical approach which accentuates the collective character of the organizational decision making process. The empirical study uses the case study method. It undertakes the reconstruction of the employment decisions in eleven companies.

Blockchain in Supply Chain: Case Study of Lottemart Ciputat

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. K. Handoyo ◽  
M. R. Mashudi ◽  
H. P. Ipung
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Business Case ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Production Processes

Current supply chain methods are having difficulties in resolving problems arising from the lack of trust in supply chains. The root reason lies in two challenges brought to the traditional mechanism: self-interests of supply chain members and information asymmetry in production processes. Blockchain is a promising technology to address these problems. The key objective of this paper is to present qualitative analysis for blockchain in supply chain as the decision-making framework to implement this new technology. The analysis method used Val IT business case framework, validated by the expert judgements. The further study needs to be elaborated by either the existing organization that use blockchain or assessment by the organization that will use blockchain to improve their supply chain management.

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