This paper develops a language for designing the structure of a purposive organization so as to maximize organizational performance potential for achieving given objectives. Four categories of performance attributes are specified, each contributing to the particular objectives an organization...

This paper develops a language for designing the structure of a purposive organization so as to maximize organizational performance potential for achieving given objectives. Four categories of performance attributes are specified, each contributing to the particular objectives an organization...

Some fifteen years ago the RAND Corporation first attempted to broaden its field of interest to include the policy and strategy formulation in the military establishment. The initial reaction of the responsible officers in the Pentagon was that the nature of the military policy problem was quite...

During the past few years, many interesting papers have been written on the subject of product-market diversification. A majority of the writers have dealt with either case histories of successful diversification or with qualitative check-off lists to be used in analyzing specific...