Managerial overload and organization design

This paper considers a firm's choice between a "divisional structure" and a "functional structure." It shows that an increase in the number of projects which the firm can adopt creates a managerial overload, which favors the divisional structure.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Spiegel, Yossi
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 105.2009, 1, p. 53-55
Publisher:	Elsevier
Keywords:	Divisional structure Functional structure Project selection Moral hazard Moral hazard in teams Managerial overload

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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