Stifling Innovation Through Functionalization

Herbert F. Ayres
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Herbert F. Ayres: J. P. Morgan & Co., Inc., 23 Wall Street, New York, New York 10015

Interfaces, 1979, vol. 9, issue 5, 116-120

Abstract: After much of what I loosely call thought, I offer, only somewhat facetiously, a powerful management theorem for those who wish to avoid the unpleasantness Old Nick had in mind. 1 call it the Interaction Theorem of functional organizations and use it to validate four rules for organizational stasis useful to stifle innovation from above. I use it again to show how to stifle from below by functionalizing OR/MS itself. I contend that any organization which diligently observes these practices shall never have to suffer the agonies that rapid growth in scope, influence, and revenues can bring.

Keywords: organizational; studies:; design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1979
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