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1990 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
The Dualistic Organization
Authors : Paul Evans, Yves Doz
Published in: Human Resource Management in International Firms
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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One underlying theme in most discussion of the challenges facing complex organizations is that of dualities. The proverbial organizational pendulum, once swinging leisurely over a generation from one desirable quality to its opposite, now gyrates from arc to arc. Organizations are besieged by the paradoxes that these dualities create. This book is full of examples, summarized in Figure 12.1.