What is it about?
The study investigated how the characteristics of ownership of architectural firms influence their performance, how organisational structure in terms of centralization of decision making, formalization of office processes and specialization of duties influence organisational performance; and how combinations of ownership characteristics and organisational structure influence firm performance
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Why is it important?
The study is important as it has potential to indicate how architectural firms fit their structure to their ownership characteristics to enhance profit.
Perspectives
A firm principal can harness the resources of the firm for optimal performance by adopting a structure that complement ownership attributes.
Dr Adedapo Adewunmi Oluwatayo
Covenant University
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This page is a summary of: Ownership, structure, and performance of architectural firms, Frontiers of Architectural Research, March 2013, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2012.12.001.
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