کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
979300 933335 2006 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Information flows in hierarchical networks and the capability of organizations to successfully respond to failures, crises, and disasters
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه ریاضیات فیزیک ریاضی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Information flows in hierarchical networks and the capability of organizations to successfully respond to failures, crises, and disasters
چکیده انگلیسی

In this paper we discuss the problem of information losses in organizations and how they depend on the organization network structure. Hierarchical networks are an optimal organization structure only when the failure rate of nodes or links is negligible. Otherwise, redundant information links are important to reduce the risk of information losses and the related costs. However, as redundant information links are expensive, the optimal organization structure is not a fully connected one. It rather depends on the failure rate. We suggest that sidelinks and temporary, adaptive shortcuts can improve the information flows considerably by generating small-world effects. This calls for modified organization structures to cope with today's challenges of businesses and administrations, in particular, to successfully respond to crises or disasters.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications - Volume 363, Issue 1, 15 April 2006, Pages 141–150
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