"Production systems which are technologically the most advanced are also the least adaptable and work to the longest t…"

"The number of levels of authority in the management hierarchy increased with technical complexity, while the span of …"

"A breakdown of management into its basic functions — development, production and marketing — revealed that the charac…"

"Those responsible for marketing had to sell, not a product, but the idea that their firm was able to produce what the…"

"As technology advances the entire concept of authority in industry may have to change. In process firms the relations…"

"In some firms role relationships prescribed by the chart seemed to be of secondary importance to personal relationshi…"

"Organizational theorists, at least since the pioneering work of Burns and Stalker, 1961 and Joan Woodward, 1965 and o…"

"For Woodward, the main research question is the following: How and why do industrial organizations vary in structure …"

"As open systems, organizations faced an environment that might be placid and benevolent, or turbulent and harsh. Econ…"

"The ‘fit’ between organisation and technology has long been a theme of interest for academics. A key piece of work in…"