CREATING NEW TECHNOLOGY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS: A SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL |
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| Authors: | Stuart L. Hart Daniel R. Denison |
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| Affiliation: | STUART L. HART received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan's interdisciplinary planning program. He is currently Project Director at the Institute for Social Research and Visiting Assistant Professor of Corporate Strategy in the Business School at the University of Michigan. His research and consulting have centered on strategic decision processes and the sociallorganizational aspects of technological change and innovation. Current research projects include an examination of industry-university relationships as mechanisms of innovation, and a study of new, technology-based ventures in Oakland County, Michigan.;DANIEL R. DENISON is Project Director at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, and teaches in Michigan's Organizational Psychology program. He received his Ph. D. in Organizational Psychology from Michigan, and has a background in both Sociology and Psychology. His research, writing, and consulting have focused on three areas: organizational culture and its impact on organizational effectiveness, the growth and development processes in new organizations, and the use of the principles of group behavior in organizational design. He is currently completing a book, Corporate Culture and Organizationul Effectiveness;, to be published by Wiley-Interscience. |
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| Abstract: | While the study of mature organizations and bureaucracies is well established, there has been comparatively little examination of the creation and development of new organizations. What work has been done is highly fragmented, primarily by discipline, and concentrates on different facets of a complex phenomenon. Following a literature review and classification this article attempts a conceptual integration; it proposes a system dynamics model for the creation and development of one particular organizational type: new, technology based organizations. Drawing upon concepts from ecology, the central concept of the model is that new venture creation takes place within, and is thus dependent upon, a larger context of "ecosystem" consisting of environmental resources (technical expertise, capital, services) and existing inhabitants (individuals, firms, and institutions). Intraorganizational factors are also discussed including a set of proposed measures for new venture success. The article closes with some suggestions for the direction of future research and describes a research project the authors have recently begun. |
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