Note on the optimum span of control in a pure hierarchy

DOI10.1016/0377-2217(88)90259-7MaRDI QIDQ1095076zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ming-Yueh Tarng, Miaosheng Chen

Publication date 1988

Published in European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-2217(88)90259-7

zbMATH Keywords

comparative staticsorganization designpure hierarchyspan of control

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Optimality conditions for problems involving ordinary differential equations (49K15) Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Hierarchical systems (93A13)

Review text

This paper deals with a continuous model of a pure hierarchy. The aim of this quantitative model is to minimize costs, which are the sum of wage costs and costs caused by delays in decision making. It offers a more concrete discussion on the comparative statics of the optimum structure, and provides a liberal interpretation of the organizational phenomenon.

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