"Organizational theorists, at least since the pioneering work of Burns and Stalker, 1961 and Joan Woodward, 1965 and others in what came to be called the contingency school, have recognized that centralization is appropriate for organizations with routine tasks, and decentralization for those with nonroutine tasks. For an early statement see Perrow 1967, and Lawrence and Lorch, 1967."
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Charles Perrow (1984), Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies. p. 334
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Joan Woodward
1916 – 1971
(September 27, 1916 – 1971) was a British sociologist, and professor in organization sociology at the , known for the publication of the 1965 book Industrial Organization: Theory and practice.
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