Organizational form and strategic alignment in a local authority: a preliminary exploration using fuzzy clustering

Andrews, Rhys Wiliam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1904-9819 and Beynon, Malcolm James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5757-270X 2010. Organizational form and strategic alignment in a local authority: a preliminary exploration using fuzzy clustering. Public Organization Review 11 (3) , pp. 201-218. 10.1007/s11115-010-0117-4

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Abstract

Configurational theories assume that organizational form has important implications for the degree of alignment between top and middle management on strategic priorities. Taken in combination, the structure, process and environment of an organization are thought to have a deep pervasive influence on top management's attempts to achieve the coordination and control required to attain organizational goals. The preliminary analysis described in this article employs fuzzy c-means clustering to explore the relationship between middle managers' perceptions of organizational form and strategic alignment within a large local authority. The results illustrate that the clustering of managers' perceptions of organizational structure, process and environment reflect three organizational archetypes: machine bureaucracy, professional bureaucracy and professional adhocracy. Statistically significant differences in the degree of strategic alignment between each of these organizational forms are then examined to validate the established clustering. Finally, conclusions are drawn on the theoretical and practical implications of the findings.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Organizational form ; Strategic alignment ; Local authority ; Cluster analysis
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	1566-7170
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2022 09:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/19715

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