Form 15 (3/31/86) NSF PROJECT IST-850 5411 EXPERIMENTS ON THE COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF INFORMATION SEEKING AND INFORMATION RETRIEVING USER QUESTIONS FOR ONLINE SEARCHES QUESTION NUMBER: 039 A1. BRIEF TITLE: Measurement of organizational environments A2. QUESTION STATEMENT: The objective of my overall research is to demonstrate a link between the organizational structure and organizational environment of corporations. The goal of the DIALOG search is to uncover academic works which identify salient environmental components and/or provide practical examples of how to measure those components. The relevent works will likely center on the organization theory literature within the business administration discipline. The insights gained from this review of literature will be used to develop a questionnaire which will be distributed to corporate managers. "Organizational environment" refers to the external operating conditions of a firm. These conditions include the forces affecting the firm such as competition, supplier and customer actions, government regulations, and social attitudes. Within these broader categories are thought to be salient components which are critical to the firm's operation.For example, a salient component of the competitive environment might include the pricing strategy of a competing firm. Key words include: corporation organization firm organizational structure company organizational form subsidiary environmental components organization/environment typology industry context environmental forces industry environment organizational environment TYPE OF SEARCH REQUESTED B. A precise or a broad search: Precise C. Research application: Graduate study - Geography D. Retrieve articles in English only or any language: English E. Years to be searched: No limits ŠF. DIALOG databases suggested: