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2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

10. Organization and Uncertainty

Authors : Kurt Gaubinger, Michael Rabl, Scott Swan, Thomas Werani

Published in: Innovation and Product Management

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Abstract

This chapter details different types of organizational structures and their influence on dealing with uncertainty. First, there is an explanation of the basic dimensions of organizations. Second, there is a discussion of organizational structures for innovation and product management. Finally, there is an introduction of an organizational structure framework capable of exploring new knowledge and exploiting existing knowledge, with the important benefit of being used as a template in practice.

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Metadata
Title
Organization and Uncertainty
Authors
Kurt Gaubinger
Michael Rabl
Scott Swan
Thomas Werani
Copyright Year
2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book
Innovation and Product Management

Print ISBN: 978-3-642-54375-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-54376-0

Copyright Year: 2015

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54376-0_10

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