The Rise Of Network Organizations

Today, network organization is al1 importal1t cconomic phel1ol11cl1ol1 that drex" the attentlonof researchers a11d entTeprel1et1rs. Tl1is dissertatiol1 is l11ail1l}' to study the relatiol1 bet\veel1organizatiol1 l1etworking alld ilifor1natizatiol1 and explail1 tl1e structure al1d action pattenl ofnetwork orgal1izatiol1. In tl1is dissertatioll, I also coIlcrctely researcI1 t11e col1d1tion of orga11izatiol1networking in ellterprises of China tlirough appIyil1g case sttldy a11d qLIalltltatix,e a11a1ysis.In the first four chapters, I mainly discuss tI1e tI1eory about l1ctxxork orga11izatiol1. Weber xtasthe first scholar to study organization systematically, but llox" orgal1izatioll form is cI1anging froll1bureaucracy and hierarcl1ical structure that was discussed by Wcbcr to 11etxxork because of marketcondition transition. I think network organizatiol1 includes il1traorganizational lletu1ork al1dinterorganizational network. And the former is the l1et\vork that cxists in firn1, it ma}' economizeorgal1izatiol1 costs al1d Pron1ote orga1lizatio11 fiexibility. The later is l1et1vork that exists amol1gfirlns, it nlay econol11ize tfansactiol1 costs al1d l11ake i1111ovation. F11rther111ore, I consider tl1atnetworkiIlg is an graduaI evolvillg process al1d resuIts froIll iIthenl1atizatio11.In cI1apter 5, I investigate a tobacco e11terprise \vhicI1 beIo11g to Il1al1ufactUri11g i11dusM\Tlirough analyzing its developing history I fil1d out tI1at its strtcture is cI1al1ge froll1 l1ierarcl1}' tonetwork, especially its interorganizational neti\!ork. Moreovef, i11forl11atizatiol1 ilinuence I1as beenfound out in this process.In chapter 6, I survey two banks. The bank ls a part of ser1,icc l11dustfl' and its major businesscharacter is the flow of illfOrlllation based ol1 credit. Tl1erefore. tl1e bank is a typical networksthecture. Conlparil1g tl1ese two ba11ks, l fil1d out tl1at tl1e l1igl1er l1et\\!orking le\,el, tl1e n1oreacl1ievel1leIlt it reacl1es at.In chapter 7, I study conditioll of l1igll-tccl1 cl1tcrPrises tlirotlgl1 qual1titati\"e al1al}'sis. Usi11gpath analysis, I fil1d out tI1at marketil1g and competel1ce resuIt il1 orgal1izationaI il1fornlatizatio11,and thell organization networking. Appling multiplc linear regressiol1 anaI}.sis, I aIso l1otice tl1eresult show that organizational networkil1g le\7el ilinuel1ces cl1terprise's per capita profit.Comparing the effect tl1at state-oxvned enterprise s}'stenl, pril1cipal-agel1t relatioll, networkingrespectively l1as on the enterprise's per capita profit- l flnd out the cfrect of l1etxx.orking is tl1e l1lostprolni11e11t ol1e.' Filla1ly, l co11clude tl1at 11ehvork fon11 1vill prol11ote e11terPrisc's col11pctel1ce abillt3' of Chil1a.