Abstract
There is a great deal of evidence that almost all organizational structures tend to produce false images in the decision-maker, and that the larger and more authoritarian the organization, the better the chance that its top decision-makers will be operating in purely imaginary worlds. This perhaps is the most fundamental reason for supposing that there are ultimately diminishing returns to scale.
Keywords
AuthoritarianismControl (management)Decision makerScale (ratio)Organizational structureEconomicsThe ImaginaryMicroeconomicsComputer scienceManagement scienceManagementPolitical sciencePsychologyPhysicsLaw
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Oliver E. Williamson
(1967).
Hierarchical Control and Optimum Firm Size.
Journal of Political Economy
, 75
(2)
, 123-138.
https://doi.org/10.1086/259258
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- 10.1086/259258