Matching Technology and the Design of Organization Units

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For a more detailed explanation of the background of the technology typology described below, the reader is referred to Randolph W. A. , “Technology and the Design of Organization Units” in Miles R. H. Randolph W. A. (eds.), The Organization Game (Santa Monica, CA: Goodyear Publishing Co., 1979), pp. 87–101.

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