 Organizational architectures and mission requirements: A model to determine congruenceHolly A. H. Handley and Alexander H. Levis Systems Engineering, 2003, vol. 6, issue 3, 184-194 Abstract: In order to determine congruence between proposed organizational architectures and evolving mission requirements, an executable model was developed in support of a subject experiment testing the hypothesis that an organization congruent with an expected mission results in better performance than a noncongruent organization. The model is based on the task process, the sequence of stages that occur in order to complete a task, where the delays of each stage are based on the interactions of the task with decision‐makers and resources; in this case, tasks are limited to simple tasks completed by a single decision‐maker with a single resource. The model is configured to a particular organizational design and simulated with a scenario, a list of tasks and their parameters that characterize the mission. Congruence is determined by using regression analysis to fit a linear equation to the output of the simulation and computing the coefficient of determination to evaluate the fit. The model was developed with trial experiment data and validated with post‐experimental results. This model provides the foundation for a future, second order model that will include multiple decision‐makers interacting with multiple resources to complete complex tasks. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Sys Eng 6: 184–194, 2003 Date: 2003 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wly:syseng:v:6:y:2003:i:3:p:184-194 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Systems Engineering from John Wiley & Sons |
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