Title:

Resource allocation to information processing in a firm

Group publication title:

Mathematical Economics

Title in english:

Alokacja zasobów w procesie przetwarzania informacji w firmie

Creator:

Baniak, Andrzej ; Cukrowski, Jacek

Subject and Keywords:

Internal organization of the firm ; information processing ; resource allocation ; decentralization ; hierarchy

Description:

Mathematical Economics, 2010, Nr 6 (13), s. 5-20

Abstrakt:

This paper provides a coherent framework which allows understanding the economics of information processing in the management of a firm. Data processing is modelled as a dynamic parallel-processing model of associative computation with an endogenous set-up cost. In such a model, the conditions for the efficient organization of data processing are defined, and the architecture of efficient structures is analyzed. It is shown that, as in computer systems, the so-called “skip-level reporting” structures are efficient. However, if the information workload of managers cannot be equalized, then the best pattern of information workload has to be determined, and resources allocated to the managers have to be adjusted to it. The method of adjustment of resources to the information workload of managers in one-shot skip-level reporting structures is presented and an example of an organization of data processing in demand forecasting is considered.

Publisher:

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu

Place of publication:

Wrocław

Date:

2010

Resource Type:

artykuł

Format:

application/pdf

Language:

eng

Relation:

Mathematical Economics, 2010, Nr 6 (13)

Rights:

Wszystkie prawa zastrzeżone (Copyright)

Access Rights:

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Location:

Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wrocławiu