Developing an Expert Fuzzy-based system for Planning the Organizational Structure
Subject Areas : Business Management
1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
Keywords: Expert System, Organizational Structure, Fuzzy set theory, Contextual Dimensions, contingency approach,
Abstract :
In this paper a fuzzy-based approach for selecting a suitable organizational structure is introduced. The model is developed according to contingency approach. To do so, five stages are considered. In the first stage, a fuzzy system whose inputs are contextual dimensions is presented. These dimensions are technology, strategy, Environmental uncertainty, and Organization size. This system's outputs are the types of organizational structure. In the second stage, inputs and outputs are fuzzified. To do so, the triangular function is applied. Inference rules (inference engine) are developed in the third stage. The fourth stage is defuzzification stage. In the fifth stage the model is tested.
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Arabi, M. (1997). Design of Organizational Structure. Tehran: Cultural Research Bureau, (In Persian).
Daft, R. L. (1998). Theory and Design of Structures. Translated by: A., Parsayian & S. M., Arabi, Tehran: Office of Cultural Research, (In Persian).
Duncan, R. B. (1972). Characteristics of organizational environments and perceived environmental uncertainty. Administrative Science Quarterly, 17.
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Hall, R. H. (1997). Organization: Structure, Process and References. Translated by: A., Parsaeean, & S. M., Arabi, Tehran: Office of Cultural Research, (In Persian).
Kimberly, J. R. (1976). Organizational Size and the Structuralist Perspective: A Review, Critique, and proposal. Administrative Science quarterly.
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