The Nature of Managerial Work in Small Growth-Orientated Businesses
The Nature of Managerial Work in Small Growth-Orientated Businesses
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小型成长型企业管理工作的本质
DOI：
10.1007/s11187-005-4254-z
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发表时间：
2005
影响因子：
6.4
通讯作者：
J. Murray
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作者：
C. O'Gorman;S. Bourke;J. Murray
在这项研究中，我们探索了小型成长型企业经理的日常管理行为，并将其与之前对大型组织经理的研究进行了对比。我们还考察了所有者-管理者职能体验这一背景特征是否与日常管理活动有关。更具体地说，我们试图通过复制明茨伯格的工作(《管理工作的性质》，纽约：Harper and Row 1973)，并将“管理工作”传统延伸到另一种应急措施，即小型成长型企业，来加强‘管理工作’传统。这项研究基于对10位成长型小企业首席执行官的直接观察。这项研究提供了证据，证明组织规模是管理工作性质的重要决定因素。然而，在探索特定规模的管理工作中可能出现的变异性时，我们未能建立所有者-管理者的功能体验与日常功能工作定向之间的关系。文章最后推测，为什么以增长为导向的小型企业的管理工作性质可能会为更大(更官僚)的组织提供管理模板。
In this study we explore the daily managerial behaviour of managers of small growth-orientated businesses and contrast it to previous research of managers in large organisations. We also investigate if one background characteristic, the owner–managers functional experience, is related to daily managerial activity. More specifically, we seek to strengthen the ‘managerial work’ tradition through a replication of Mintzberg’s work (The Nature of Managerial Work, New York: Harper and Row 1973) and an extension of the ‘managerial work’ tradition to another contingency, that of small growth- oriented businesses. The study is based on direct observations of ten CEOs of small growth-orientated businesses. The research provides evidence that organisational size is an important determinant of the nature of managerial work. However, in exploring the variability that may occur in managerial work within a given size context, we failed to establish a relationship between the owner–manager’s functional experiences and daily functional work orientation. The article concludes by speculating why the nature of managerial work in small growth-orientated businesses may provide a template for management in larger (more bureaucratic) organisations.