Design Versus Cognition: the Interaction of Agent Cognition and Organizational Design on Organizational Performance

Kathleen M. Carley (), Michael Prietula and Zhiang (John) Lin ()
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Kathleen M. Carley: https://s3d.cmu.edu/people/core-faculty/carley-kathleen.html
Zhiang (John) Lin: http://www.utdallas.edu/~zlin

Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 1998, vol. 1, issue 3, 4

Abstract: The performance of organizations with different structures are examined using multiple computer simulation models, experimental data, and archival data focused on the relation between the way in which the organization is coordinated and its performance. These variations enable the exploration of the role of agent capabilities, and the way in which agent capability and coordination interact to effect performance. Both micro and macro organizational behavior are examined. Results suggest that simpler models of agents are needed at macro levels and more detailed, more cognitively accurate models are needed at micro or small group levels, to generate the same predictive accuracy.

Keywords: Organization Theory; Agent Cognition; Validation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998-06-30
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