Science of Organizations

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Organizations -- private and public, established and entrepreneurial, designed and emergent, formal and informal, profit and nonprofit -- are critical to the well-being of nations and their citizens. They are of crucial importance for producing goods and services, creating value, providing jobs, and achieving social goals. The Science of Organizations (SoO) program funds basic research that yields a scientific evidence base for improving the design and emergence, development and deployment, and management and ultimate effectiveness of organizations of all kinds. SoO funds research that advances our fundamental understanding of how organizations develop, form and operate. Successful SoO research proposals use scientific methods to develop and refine theories, to empirically test theories and frameworks, and to develop new measures and methods. Funded research is aimed at yielding generalizable insights that are of value to the business practitioner, policy-maker and research communities. SoO welcomes any and all rigorous, scientific approaches that illuminate aspects of organizations as systems of coordination, management and governance. In considering whether a particular project might be a candidate for consideration by SoO, please note: Intellectual perspectives may involve (but are not limited to) organizational theory, behavior, sociology or economics, business policy and strategy, communication sciences, entrepreneurship, human resource management, information sciences,.

The Science of Organizations (SoO) program funds basic research that advances our fundamental understanding of how organizations develop, form, and operate across all sectors. This program is ideal for researchers, academics, and organizational scholars who seek to build a scientific evidence base for improving organizational design, management, and effectiveness. SoO welcomes rigorous scientific approaches that illuminate organizations as systems of coordination, management, and governance. The program supports research that uses scientific methods to develop and refine theories, empirically test frameworks, and create new measures and methodologies. Successful projects yield generalizable insights valuable to business practitioners, policy-makers, and the research community. Whether your organization is private or public, established or entrepreneurial, formal or informal, profit or nonprofit, SoO funding can support research that enhances organizational outcomes. Intellectual perspectives may involve organizational theory and behavior, sociology, economics, business strategy, communication sciences, entrepreneurship, human resource management, and information sciences. If your research addresses how organizations can be designed more effectively, managed more efficiently, or emerge more successfully, this program warrants your attention.

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