Signs of Convergence? Academic Methaphor in the Management of a Research and Development Company

K. Randle

Working Papers from University of Hertfordshire - Business Schoool

Abstract: The picture which emerges is not one of institutions at separate ends of a continuum in a process of convergence towards the centre. Rather we see both institutions moving in the same direction, towards tighter control, towards a greater division of labour, away from autonomy and towards restructuring to meet the requirements of a competitive external environment.

Keywords: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; MANAGEMENT (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O30 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 1996
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