01771nas a2200169   4500008004100000245010000041210006900141260000900210300001200219490000700231520123500238653001501473100001701488700001801505700001901523856005901542       2016                        eng d00aDelaying Change: Examining How Industry and Managerial Turbulence Impact Structural Realignment0 aDelaying Change Examining How Industry and Managerial Turbulence  c2016  a791-8170 v593 aThis paper examines when firms pursue structural realignment through business unit reconfiguration, specifically by recombining business units. Our results refine and extend contingency theory and studies of organization design by drawing on theories of decision avoidance and delay to describe environmental conditions when firms pursue or postpone structural realignment. Our empirical analysis of 46 firms from 1978 to 1997, operating within the U.S. medical device and pharmaceutical sectors, demonstrates that while decision makers initiate structural recombination during periods of industry growth (i.e., munificence), they reduce their recombination efforts during periods of industry turbulence (i.e., dynamism), and managerial turbulence (i.e., growth in top management team size). We also find evidence that firms delay realignment and bide their time for better environmental conditions of declining turbulence and industry growth before pursuing more structural realignment. Together, these findings suggest that decision makers often delay initiating structural recombination until they can effectively process information and assess how structural changes will help them realign the organization to the environment.10aManagement1 aCarroll, Tim1 aKarim, Samina1 aLong, Chris, P  uhttps://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/amj.2012.040901232nas a2200157   4500008004100000245005500041210005300096260000900149300001200158490000600170520075500176653001500931100001700946700001800963856009300981       2011                        eng d00aA framework of organisations as dynamic structures0 aframework of organisations as dynamic structures  c2011  a230-2460 v33 aThis paper integrates advances in organisational structure research into a broader framework of 'structural action' that depicts organisations as dynamic structures. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the main contributions from various theories and perspectives that have all informed our understanding of the impact of organisational structure on strategic change. We propose that organisational structures, as one mechanism by which strategy is enacted, are moulded purposefully and in different ways. To better understand how organisations are re-designed, the framework recommends particular structural actions depending on the turbulence (both internal and external) and performance (both actual and aspired) aspects of the organisation.10aManagement1 aCarroll, Tim1 aKarim, Samina  uhttps://stage.business.oregonstate.edu/biblio/framework-organisations-dynamic-structures