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Joan Woodward Quotes

d. 1971 United Kingdom

Joan Woodward (September 27, 1916 – 1971) was a British sociologist, and professor in organization sociology at the Imperial College London, known for the publication of the 1965 book Industrial Organization: Theory and practice.

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The number of levels of authority in the management hierarchy increased with technical complexity, while the span of control of the first-line supervisor decreased.

In some firms role relationships prescribed by the chart seemed to be of secondary importance to personal relationships between individuals.

There was a particular form of organisation most appropriate to each technical situation.

A breakdown of management into its basic functions — development, production and marketing — revealed that the character of the functions, their chronological sequence, the closeness with which they had to be integrated and their relative importance to the success and survival of the business, all depended upon the system of techniques in the firm concerned.

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