@misc{Hopej-Kamińska_Magdalena_Simplicity_2015, author={Hopej-Kamińska, Magdalena and Zgrzywa-Ziemak, Anna and Hopej, Marian and Kamiński, Robert and Martan, Janusz}, identifier={DOI: 10.15611/aoe.2015.1.10}, year={2015}, rights={Wszystkie prawa zastrzeżone (Copyright)}, publisher={Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu}, description={Argumenta Oeconomica, 2015, Nr 1 (34), s. 259-276}, language={eng}, abstract={Among the desirable features of an organizational structure is simplicity. Its opposite, i.e. complexity, expresses a lack of order and entanglement, which are the source of waste. Although the desire for the simplicity of a structural solution is not new, in recent years it has been more clearly emphasized. Therefore, Ashby’s law stating that variety has to be balanced by a different kind of variety, is questioned. The purpose of this article is to present the concept of simplifying an organizational structure. The concept of a simple organizational structure offered in this paper is the result of a thorough analysis of the literature on this topic. However, the views concerning the level of simple structure centralization were verified by means of a fractal calculus. The article presents the results of the study concerning the factors influencing the simplicity of the structural solution as well as the procedure of simplifying the organizational structure}, title={Simplicity as a feature of an organizational structure}, type={artykuł}, keywords={organizational structure, simplicity}, }