Hi Henrik,
My short answer is no, I don't know of any good book on this.
My medium answer is, the most essential aspect of organizational structure
that should be visually represented is a pattern of expected dyadic role
relationships that constrain and enable peoples' actions within the
organization. Language/action coordination maps (e.g. Kensing & Winograd
1991; Newman & Winograd 1992; Scherr 1993; Harris & Taylor 1997) represent
such a pattern and do so in a more generalizable and rigorously analytic way
than classic organizational charts or social networks do.
references:
Kensing, Finn, and Terry Winograd, The Language/Action Approach to Design of
Computer Support for Cooperative Work: A Preliminary Study in Work Mapping,
In Collaborative Work, Social Communications and Information Systems, R.K.
Stamper, P. Kerola, R. Lee and K. Lyytinen (Eds.), Elsevier Science Pub.,
(North-Holland),1991.
Newman, Nancy and Terry Winograd , Interpretive Workflow Mapping with the
Language/Action Perspective, CIFE Technical Report #80, July 1992.
Scherr, Allan L., A New Approach to Business Processes, IBM Systems Journal,
Vol 32, No 1, 1993.
Harris, Grant & Steve Taylor, Escaping from the Box: Using a New Process
Model to Support Participation and Improve Coordination, Center for Quality
of Management Journal, 6, 3, 25-42, 1997.
I'll save the longer answer for now.
Cheers,
Steve
On 10/8/09 4:15 AM, "Schrat" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Well, I have a fantastic day! (((-:
>
> Its raining cats and dogs and now and again a horse in Berlin, but I wander if
> somebody can recommend a book on organigrams and other visualisations of
> organizational structures? I know the standard how-to-do programs and books,
> and know some literature from the designers side, but wander, if from the
> organisational studies side there is anything good around?
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Henrik
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