A Partial Theory of the Optimal Organization of a Bureaucracy

Jacques Crémer ()

Bell Journal of Economics, 1980, vol. 11, issue 2, 683-693

Abstract: This article models the choice of an organizational structure as the grouping of functions into units to obtain the most efficient coordination between related functions. We derive a simple formula which emphasizes the role of the organization as a reducer of uncertainty.

Date: 1980
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (38)

Downloads: (external link)
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0361-915X%2819802 ... O%3B2-6&origin=repec full text (application/pdf)
Access to full text is restricted to JSTOR subscribers. See http://www.jstor.org for details.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:rje:bellje:v:11:y:1980:i:autumn:p:683-693

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://editorialexp ... i-bin/rje_online.cgi

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Bell Journal of Economics from The RAND Corporation
Bibliographic data for series maintained by ().