Download or read book Linking Intra- and Inter-organizational Networks Through Organization Design written by Jody Hoffer Gittell and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are important organizational phenomena that cannot be fruitfully examined without crossing levels of analysis, as others have shown. We argue that coordination of patient care in the current institutional environment is one such phenomenon. As organizations vertically dis-integrate and outsource services that were once produced internally, coordination with external organizations becomes increasingly important for achieving desired performance outcomes. We describe the efforts of one hospital to extend the intra-organizational coordination of patient care to encompass coordination with its external partners. The organization design and network perspectives are both conducive to encompassing multiple levels of analysis. We show that the two perspectives together serve as a useful vehicle for developing a framework that links intra- and inter-organization coordination.