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An Empirical Study of the Impact of Just‐in‐Time Task Scope Versus Just‐in‐Time Workflow Integration on Organizational Design

Year: 1997

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT The research tests a theory of JIT as a technology having task scope versus workflow integration dimensions. The results show that JIT task scope predicts JIT workflow integration, and that only the former is associated with organizational designs that are more specialized, decentralized, integrated, and reliant on formal performance measurement control. The findings imply that organizational structure does not necessarily follow from workflow structure. Rather, both organizational structure and workflow structure follow from the knowledge capital that JIT task scope represents.

Source: Decision Sciences

DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1997.tb01324.x

Authors: Richard Germain, Cornelia Dröge

Institutions: Oklahoma State University, Michigan State University, McGill University

Language: English

Topic: Quality and Supply Management

Subfield: Management Information Systems

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2002240893

FWCI: 0.984

Cites: 42

Cited by: 38

Related to: 10