Contemporary Trends in Organization Design

Abstract

This paper empirically examines current issues in organization design by reviewing current literature on organization design from 1 995 to 2000. The paper presents three perspectives which have guided the study: information -processing theory, sociotechnical systems theory, and self-design. The findings suggest that information-processing and sociotechnical systems design approaches have been dominant in organization design in the past six years. A wider variety of data sources need to be reviewed to expand the analysis of patterns reported in this study.