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| Author: | Ravasi, D. Verona, G. |
| Title: | Organising the process of knowledge integration: the benefits of structural ambiguity |
| Journal: | Scandinavian Journal of Management
2001 : MAR, VOL. 17:1, p. 41-66 |
| Index terms: | INNOVATION INTEGRATION KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT |
| Freeterms: | AMBIGUITY LOOSE COUPLING |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | In this article the authors examine how loose coupling between units and people can benefit a firm's ability to combine and recombine knowledge-based resources continuosly in a creative and flexible way. An in-depth study of Oticon A/S suggests that loose coupling can be deliberately brought into the design of the organisation by introducing a certain structural ambiguity into the configuration of role systems and authority relationships. |
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