An investigation of the environment-strategy-structure relationship of post-industrial (information-age) organizations
type: CreativeWork
description: A core concept in the ordering of economic exchanges is the relationship between environment, strategic behavior, organizational structure and performance. Yet, rarely has there been a full examination of environment-strategy-structure alignment. Concurrently, literature has increasingly amassed that predicts the advent of rapidly changing environments hinging on technological advancement (e.g., Bell 1973; Huber 1984; Handy 1989; Glazer 1991). These environmental changes are expected to typify the environments faced by firms in the 21st century post-industrial (or information-age) society. Consistent with the environment-strategy-structure model, firms are expected to attempt to buffer themselves from these turbulent changes by adopting strategies and structures contingent with these environmental characteristics.
abstract: A core concept in the ordering of economic exchanges is the relationship between environment, strategic behavior, organizational structure and performance. Yet, rarely has there been a full examination of environment-strategy-structure alignment. Concurrently, literature has increasingly amassed that predicts the advent of rapidly changing environments hinging on technological advancement (e.g., Bell 1973; Huber 1984; Handy 1989; Glazer 1991). These environmental changes are expected to typify the environments faced by firms in the 21st century post-industrial (or information-age) society. Consistent with the environment-strategy-structure model, firms are expected to attempt to buffer themselves from these turbulent changes by adopting strategies and structures contingent with these environmental characteristics.
author: Powell, Vonda Kai
language: eng
keywords: Business Administration, Marketing, Business Administration, Management
date published: 2011-05-07T13:26:30Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:25:19Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

PropertyValue
property ID: Handle
value: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/22023