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1、TechnologyandtheStructureofSubunits:DistinguishingIndividualandWorkgroupEffectsAuthor(s):DonaldE.ComstockandW.RichardScottSource:AdministrativeScienceQuarterly,Vol.22,No.2(Jun.,1977),pp.177-202Publishedby:SagePublications,Inc.onbehalfoftheJohnsonGraduateSchoolofM
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5、bjecttoJSTORTermsandConditionsTechnologyandtheThispaperdevelopsandteststheargumentthatStructureofSubunits:technologyshouldbethoughtofasrepresentingtheworkofeachleveloforganizationaswellasdifferentDistinguishingIndi-subunitsinanorganization.Predictionsofdivergente
6、f-vidualandWorkgroupfectsofindividualtaskandsubunitworkflowEffectstechnologiesonstaffcharacteristicsandsubunitstruc-turesweretestedon142patientcarewardsinastratifiedDonaldE.Comstockrandomsampleof16hospitals.Thedataratherclearlyandsupporttheconclusionthataswemovef
7、romtaskstoworkflow,theeffectsoftechnologicalpredictabilityshiftW.RichardScottfromindividualjobqualificationsandspecializationtosystemsofsubunitcoordinationandcontrol.Theeffectsoftechnologyarecomparedtothoseofsubunitsizeanditisconcludedthatwhilesizecontinuestohave
8、inde-pendenteffects,itisalesspowerfulpredictorofsubunitstructurethantechnology.Itseemsclearthatworkthatismoreroutinecanbedoneeffectivelyandefficientlybybureauc
