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Different formal models of agents predict different levels of organizational performance. They also predict different relative standings for different organizational structures. Moreover, as the complexity of the organizational structure increases, so apparently does the adequacy of organizations composed of simple computational agents for predicting the behavior of organizations composed of humans. These were the findings of an examination of whether certain organizational models and adaptability or general intelligence of the agents are better or worse predictors of the behavior of similar organizations composed of humans.
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A study investigates Christian churches in terms of their organizational structure. The churches are treated as business enterprises governed by religious constraints to produce religious goods. Churches should manage opportunistic behavior the way all companies would. Results show that churches have identical forms of organization when faced with identical theological constraints. Similarly, church organization differs when theologies differ and allow various ways to illegitimately transfer wealth.
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The implementation of the no-fault divorce law has resulted in an increase in the number of inefficient marriages during the 1940s up to the 1960s. Such marriages were characterized by changes in the women's work force patterns which were not expected by men. Data also show that the rise in the number of divorces after 1968 can be attributed to the 5-year separation requirement.
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