Managerial overload and organization design

Yossi Spiegel

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2009.05.014

Managerial overload and organization design

Yossi Spiegel^*

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Coller School of Management

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Abstract

This paper considers a firm's choice between a "divisional structure" and a "functional structure." It shows that an increase in the number of projects which the firm can adopt creates a managerial overload, which favors the divisional structure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	53-55
Number of pages	3
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	105
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2009.05.014
State	Published - Oct 2009

Keywords

Divisional structure
Functional structure
Managerial overload
Moral hazard
Moral hazard in teams
Project selection

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