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Tinbergen Lectures on Organization Theory

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  • © 1988

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Authors:
  1. Martin J. Beckmann

    1. Brown University, Providence, USA
      Institut für Angewandte Mathematik, Technische Universität München, München 2, Germany

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

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      Pages 1-7

  3. Rank

    1. Supervision

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      Pages 8-15

    2. Control

      • Martin J. Beckmann
      Pages 16-20

    3. Rank

      • Martin J. Beckmann
      Pages 21-32

    4. Distance

      • Martin J. Beckmann
      Pages 33-40

  4. Perfect Management

    1. Number of Positions

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      Pages 41-62

    2. Estimation

      • Martin J. Beckmann
      Pages 63-70

    3. Assignment

      • Martin J. Beckmann
      Pages 71-84

    4. Regular Organization

      • Martin J. Beckmann
      Pages 85-89

    5. Costs

      • Martin J. Beckmann
      Pages 90-106

  5. Productivity and Structure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-108
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    2. Substitution of Management and Operative Inputs: Welfare Agency

      • Martin J. Beckmann
      Pages 109-121

    3. Information Costs: Research Teams

      • Martin J. Beckmann
      Pages 122-129

    4. Loss of Information in Simple Organizations

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      Pages 130-142

    5. Loss of Information and Control in Multi-Level Organizations

      • Martin J. Beckmann
      Pages 143-147

    6. Uses of Production Functions: Simple Organizations

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      Pages 148-154

    7. Uses of Production Functions: Multi-Level Organizations

      • Martin J. Beckmann
      Pages 155-169

  6. Advantage and Motivation

    1. Organizations versus Individuals

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      Pages 170-181

    2. Management Motivation: Principal and Agent

      • Martin J. Beckmann
      Pages 182-195
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In revising the Tinbergen Lectures I have expanded and restructured the material in an attempt to make the book more readable and more interesting. I have also tried to show more clearly its relevance to managerial and organizational practice. Some mathematical derivations have been moved to appendices. Certain sections that may be skipped in a first reading have been starred. Points that should be of interest to management include • the nature and necessity of rank (4. 1, 4. 2, 4. 4) rank assignment by counting up or down (4. 3) defining an organization's task (6. 2) calculating the required size of an organization (6. 3) • allocating supervisors in the short run (6. 7) when uniform spans of control are desirable (6. 8) • how to estimate an organization's implicit span of control (7) determining the minimal ranks in supervision (8. 3) • the advantage of flexible department lines (8. 4) measuring the leanness of an organization (8. 5) the relationship between average wage and unit labor cost (10. 2) job allocation in the short run (10. 4) • calculating the cost of supervision for particular jobs (10. 5) • recognizing economic choices in substituting managers for operatives or vice versa (11) • determining the optimal size of a research team (12) VI • setting targets (13. 1) • budgeting under full information (13. 2) • budgeting under imperfect information (13. 3) • sources of information loss (14.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Brown University, Providence, USA

    Martin J. Beckmann

  • Institut für Angewandte Mathematik, Technische Universität München, München 2, Germany

    Martin J. Beckmann

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