Posted by
Frank Wimberly on
Jun 04, 2004; 3:53pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Aggregation-Promotes-Simplification-tp519402p519403.html
Here's a link to a .ppt presentation that, I think, argues for the contrary
view or a view related to it.
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~jbloom/opinion/Macro.pptFrank
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Subject: [FRIAM] Aggregation Promotes Simplification?
Thinking about how organizations appear to be more error prone (read
idiotic) as they grow in size, I suspect there has been some research
in this area.
Basically the idea is that as more people are added to an organization,
the subtle thoughts of the individual are lost, acting a bit like a
sieve, leaving behind just the simple core ideas shared by most.
Somewhat like a Markov chain that stabilizes after a certain number of
iterations.
Does anyone have pointers to good analysis in this area?
-- Owen
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