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Competing with Flexible Lateral Organizations

Jay R. Galbraith, University of Southern California

1994 0-201-50836-2 150 pp. Softcover

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Lateral Organizational Capability
Lateral Coordination
Lateral Organization
Formal Lateral Groups
Integrating Roles
The Distributed Organization
Lateral Coordination Cases
Summary Thoughts

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Lateral Organizational Capability

• The Importance of Organizational Capability
• What is Organizational Capability?
• The Lateral Organization
• Lateral and Vertical Organization

Lateral Coordination

• Lateral Coordination-Multidimensional Coordination
• Three Different Capabilities
• Summary

Lateral Organization

• Lateral Organizational Types
• Matching Lateral Coordination and Organization
• The Informal Organization

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Formal Lateral Groups

• Formality
• Formal Groups
• The Design of Groups
• Cross-Functional Groups
• Hierarchy of Design/Build Teams
• Corporate Lateral Organization
• The Role of Management Summary

Integrating Roles

• The Integrating Role
• Design Issues
• Dual Authority
• But I Thought Matrix Didn't Work
• Integrator Influence
• Summary

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The Distributed Organization

• The Distributed Organization Model
• The International Distributed Organization
• SKE: A Case Study
• Other Distributed Organizations
• Summary

Lateral Coordination Cases

• A Multidimensional Organization-Dow Corning
• A New Hewlett-Packard Division
• Summary

Summary Thoughts

• Competing With Your Organization
• Lateral Organization as Flexible Organization
• Different Types of Lateral Organization
• Management's Role
• Summary
• Bibliography

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