Organizational configurations boosting enterprise performance and job satisfaction

It is known that organizations consist of a combination of several causal factors. Organizational Configurations theory had started with the contingency theory. Contingency theory is known as, an organization cannot be configured with the best single structure and Organizational Configurations theory has developed by the equafinality approach. Equafinality is defined as, "a system can reach the same final situation from different and original starting points". It has been stated that businesses with similar practices and strategies can be seen as clustered groups and these decisive organizational characteristics and strategies shape the performance of the enterprise. Therefore, the importance of Organizational Configurations approach is increasing. However, since the sustainable performance of the enterprises can be supported with the efforts of the satisfied employees, the Organizational Configurations that are desired to be formed should be shaped accordingly. With this study, the automotive spare parts sector of Central Anatolia Region was selected as the main sample and high performaning Organizational Configurations was determined based on the Miles and Snow typologies theory. The relationship between the targeted output and the set of independent variables that make up this output was determined by Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis, which aims explaining with the set theorethical approach. While providing high enterprise performance, the arrangements to be made in order to have high job satisfaction at the same time according to Decision Makers choices, are modeled by the help of Compromise Programming which is one of the Operations Research methods. The results of the study support the Miles and Snow typologies. Finally the results show that, enterprises that manage their enterpreneural, engineering and administrational problems with solutions suitable for environment and competition conditions, authorizing the employees and encouraging them to participate in the management processes, reach high performance and job satisfaction results.