John Child

Environmental variability...refers to the degree of change which characterizes environmental activities relevant to an organization's operations...it is a function of three components:

— John Child

[The model towards which strategic choice analysis led would therefore] direct our attention towards those who possess the power to decide upon an organization’s structural rationale, towards the limits upon that power imposed by the operational context, and towards the process of assessing constraints and opportunities against values in deciding organizational strategies.

— John Child