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A Report on Some Organizational Experiments

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  • Donald F. Clark

    (Operations Research Group, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio)

  • Russell L. Ackoff

    (Operations Research Group, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio)

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An organizational analog is constructed in the form of an operational game to be used for testing hypotheses concerning the effect of organizational structure on the efficiency of organizational performance. The ultimate objective is to develop mathematical theory, which makes this relation explicit. Several experiments using the game are described where the effect of such variables as the presence or absence of an executive, the availability of communication channels, and the cooperativeness or competitiveness of payoffs are tested. The work is preliminary, but holds promise of productive use of gaming in theory construction.

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  • Donald F. Clark & Russell L. Ackoff, 1959. "A Report on Some Organizational Experiments," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 7(3), pages 279-293, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:7:y:1959:i:3:p:279-293
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.7.3.279
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