The Effect of Technological Innovation on Organizational Structure Two Case Studies of the Ef fects of the In tro duc tion of a New Tech nol ogy on In for mal Or ga ni za tional Struc tures

This arti cle looks at how two offices changed their infor mal work rela tion ships and pat-terns in response to a major tech no log i cal inno va tion in their field. This induc tive study involves a cross-case anal y sis with field stud ies cov er ing a two-year period. The research applies the mod els sug gested by social action the ory to help explain out comes. By the end of this study, one office had lost its fund ing and was elim i nated, while the other has sur-vived and grown. The arti cle exam ines whether the dif fer ing orga ni za tional responses to new core tech nol ogy were related to each office’s abil ity to sur vive