Emerging organizational regimes in high technology firms: The bi‐modal form
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Human Resource Management
- Vol. 28 (1) , 25-50
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.3930280103
Abstract
Organizational regimes of high technology firms need to accommodate a range of seemingly‐paradoxical imperatives–such as creativity vis‐a‐vis discipline, and flexibility vis‐a‐vis cohesion–each requiring a different structural emphasis. This has resulted in the emergence of “bi‐modal” organizational forms, defined as structures which are simultaneously centralized and decentralized. Based on a five‐year field study of 33 firms in “Silicon Valley”, this paper describes the structural configurations of high technology firms at various stages of development, and examines organizational mechanisms deployed to achieve bi‐modality.Keywords
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