INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: Partners, Suppliers, & Alliances. Draw a chart of the main interorganizational linkage mechanisms (e.g., long-term contracts, strategic alliances, mergers) that your organization uses to manage its symbiotic resource interdependencies. Using resource dependence theory and transaction cost theory, discuss why the organization chose to manage its interdependencies in this way. 2f. ATHORITY & CONTROL. How many levels are in the organization's hierarchy? Is the organization tall or flat? What is the span of control of the CEO? How do centralization, standardization and horizontal differentiation affect the shape of the organization?