The conception of the organizational structure in high tech companies
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Management - Year 2011, Vol 10, Issue 4
Abstract
The organisational structure by arranging the elements of the organisation system and coordinating the work of people reduces uncertainty and streamlines decision-making processes in the enterprise. High tech companies are highly innovative and knowledge-intensive, so the organisational structure is very specific. On the one hand such organisational structure must make possible realisation of creative tasks and creating new knowledge and on the other hand it should favour efficient realisation of routine workings on the same time. High tech companies have often clearly distinguished key competences and they should be able to penetrate new terrains and marketable spaces. In these enterprises activity of the exploational units have to be joined with making revolutionary innovations. This paper attempts to define the essence and features of high technology companies’ organisational structure in correlation with conceptual variables. The special attention was called on relationships between technology, innovation, knowledge management and organizational solution in these enterprises. On the basis of theoretical considerations and experts’ research the model of the high technology companies’ organizational structure was proposed. This model premises an existence of two parts of such organization: flexible (innovative) part connected with the exploration of innovation and knowledge and the more stable part connected with the exploitation of innovation and knowledge. Therefore, high tech companies' organisational structure is eclectic and it can use various types of organizational solutions.
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Agnieszka Zakrzewska-Bielawska
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