REORGANISATIONS TO INCREASE ENTREPRENEURIAL FLEXIBILITY

Peter Witt
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Peter Witt: Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany

Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC), 1997, vol. 05, issue 04, 375-402

Abstract: A large number of corporations around the world have changed their organisational structure in the past few years. The aim is to overcome rigid structures and to increase entrepreneurial flexibility. This paper first defines entrepreneurial flexibility and then analyses the forms of flexible organisational structures to determine the essential components of entrepreneurial and flexible organisational designs. The results indicate that, although many different flexible organisational forms have been proposed and implemented, entrepreneurial flexibility requires three organisational characteristics: teamwork, intense information and knowledge transfer between organisational units, and fewer hierarchy levels. Entrepreneurial flexibility does not imply dissoluteness and a lack of structure. Hierarchy and control remain important in every organisation.

Date: 1997
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