David A. Nadler Quote

Concepts of uncertainty and information processing are used to integrate the diverse organization design/structure literatures. This approach more fully explicates the concept of congruence which lies at the heart of contingency ideas. The review suggests a contingency approach to design which develops a feasible set of structural alternatives from which the organization can choose.

p. 613: Abstract - "Information Processing as an Integrating Concept in Organizational Design." 1978