Das Management des (un)erwünschtenRessourcenüberschussesTeil I. Funktionen, Zustände und Entstehungdes organizational slack

The object of the present analysis is organizational slack. The paper targets ata “slack type” which consists of basic information deriving from slack functions,slack conditions, antecedents of slack and dispositional requirements ofslack. The purpose of the analysis is the creation of a preliminary heuristic forslack search, which combines all preconditions for systematical use of slack.The paper is the first part of an analysis series to the ambivalent role of organizationalslack as an indicator of efficiency and inefficiency in the resourceallocation process of a firm....