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5 - Distributed organizations

from Step 3 - Structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Richard M. Burton ,
Børge Obel  and
Gerardine DeSanctis
Richard M. Burton
Affiliation:
Duke University, North Carolina
Børge Obel
Affiliation:
Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
Gerardine DeSanctis
Affiliation:
Duke University, North Carolina
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Summary

Introduction

In the previous chapter you described the organization in terms of its basic structure. Today many organizations operate in multiple locations and use variants of the basic organizational structures presented in Chapter 4. Distributed organizational designs enable firms to coordinate work across national and other geographic boundaries and meet the knowledge needs of our increasingly service-oriented economy.

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Organizational Design
A Step-by-Step Approach
 , pp. 85 - 108
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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