Skip to content

David A. Nadler Quotes

1948–2015 United States

David A. Nadler (1948 – 2015) was an American business executive, and organizational theorist, known for his work with Michael L.

United States
Business theorists
Businesspeople

Random David A. Nadler quote

4 quotes

Organization structure must perform the major functions of facilitating the collection of information from external areas as well as permitting effective processing of information within and between subunits which make up the organization.

[Synchronization increases the] opportunity for feedback and error correction and synthesis of different points of view.

[Information processing is] the gathering, interpreting and synthesis of information in the context of organisational decision making.

Concepts of uncertainty and information processing are used to integrate the diverse organization design/structure literatures. This approach more fully explicates the concept of congruence which lies at the heart of contingency ideas. The review suggests a contingency approach to design which develops a feasible set of structural alternatives from which the organization can choose.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: David A. Nadler (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.