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Hierarchical structure and search in complex organizations / Jürgen Mihm in Management science, Vol. 56 N° 5 (Mai 2010) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Management science > Vol. 56 N° 5 (Mai 2010) . - pp. 831-848 Titre : Hierarchical structure and search in complex organizations Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Jürgen Mihm, Auteur ; Christoph H. Loch, Auteur ; Dennis Wilkinson, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp. 831-848 Note générale : Management Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Search  Complexity  Oscillations  Coordination  Decentralized  problem  solving  Hierarchy Index. décimale : 658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce Résumé : Organizations engage in search whenever they perform nonroutine tasks, such as the definition and validation of a new strategy, the acquisition of new capabilities, or new product development. Previous work on search and organizational hierarchy has discovered that a hierarchy with a central decision maker at the top can speed up problem solving, but possibly at the cost of solution quality compared with results of a decentralized search. Our study uses a formal model and simulations to explore the effect of an organizational hierarchy on solution stability, solution quality, and search speed. Three insights arise on how a hierarchy can improve organizational search: (1) assigning a lead function that “anchors” a solution speeds up problem solving; (2) local solution choice should be delegated to the lowest level; and (3) structure matters little at the middle management level, but it matters at the front line; front-line groups should be kept small. These results highlight the importance for every organization of adapting its hierarchical structure to its search requirements. DEWEY : 658 ISSN : 0025-1909 En ligne : http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/56/5.toc [article] Hierarchical structure and search in complex organizations [texte imprimé] / Jürgen Mihm, Auteur ; Christoph H. Loch, Auteur ; Dennis Wilkinson, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 831-848. Management Langues : Anglais (eng) in Management science > Vol. 56 N° 5 (Mai 2010) . - pp. 831-848 Mots-clés : Search  Complexity  Oscillations  Coordination  Decentralized  problem  solving  Hierarchy Index. décimale : 658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce Résumé : Organizations engage in search whenever they perform nonroutine tasks, such as the definition and validation of a new strategy, the acquisition of new capabilities, or new product development. Previous work on search and organizational hierarchy has discovered that a hierarchy with a central decision maker at the top can speed up problem solving, but possibly at the cost of solution quality compared with results of a decentralized search. Our study uses a formal model and simulations to explore the effect of an organizational hierarchy on solution stability, solution quality, and search speed. Three insights arise on how a hierarchy can improve organizational search: (1) assigning a lead function that “anchors” a solution speeds up problem solving; (2) local solution choice should be delegated to the lowest level; and (3) structure matters little at the middle management level, but it matters at the front line; front-line groups should be kept small. These results highlight the importance for every organization of adapting its hierarchical structure to its search requirements. DEWEY : 658 ISSN : 0025-1909 En ligne : http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/56/5.toc

Incentives in new product development projects and the role of target costing / Jürgen Mihm in Management science, Vol. 56 N° 8 (Août 2010) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Management science > Vol. 56 N° 8 (Août 2010) . - pp. 1324-1344 Titre : Incentives in new product development projects and the role of target costing Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Jürgen Mihm, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp. 1324-1344 Note générale : Management Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : R&D  management  New  product  development  Incentives  Target  costing Index. décimale : 658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce Résumé : This paper investigates how self-optimizing engineers affect new product development (NPD) project outcomes and development times. A variety of widely used NPD project management approaches, including heavyweight project management, may allow or even encourage engineers to introduce late design changes and exhibit weak cost compliance, reducing the product's profit or competitiveness. Providing specifically designed incentives for individuals can eliminate such encouragement, and thus improve cost compliance and project timeliness. This paper discusses several practical incentive schemes, including profit-sharing contracts and component-level target costing. For many industrial projects, component-level target costing makes the most efficient use of available information to optimize project outcomes and reduce development times. DEWEY : 658 ISSN : 0025-1909 En ligne : http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/56/8.toc [article] Incentives in new product development projects and the role of target costing [texte imprimé] / Jürgen Mihm, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 1324-1344. Management Langues : Anglais (eng) in Management science > Vol. 56 N° 8 (Août 2010) . - pp. 1324-1344 Mots-clés : R&D  management  New  product  development  Incentives  Target  costing Index. décimale : 658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce Résumé : This paper investigates how self-optimizing engineers affect new product development (NPD) project outcomes and development times. A variety of widely used NPD project management approaches, including heavyweight project management, may allow or even encourage engineers to introduce late design changes and exhibit weak cost compliance, reducing the product's profit or competitiveness. Providing specifically designed incentives for individuals can eliminate such encouragement, and thus improve cost compliance and project timeliness. This paper discusses several practical incentive schemes, including profit-sharing contracts and component-level target costing. For many industrial projects, component-level target costing makes the most efficient use of available information to optimize project outcomes and reduce development times. DEWEY : 658 ISSN : 0025-1909 En ligne : http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/56/8.toc