Ludvig
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Lindlöf's thesis “Visual Management – on Communication in Product Development Organizations”
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Short version:
This thesis discusses visual management as a way of improving an organization’s information processing capability….The findings show that the cognitive benefits of visualization can support managerial tasks, and that visual management can play a role in supporting communication between individuals... Several researchers acknowledge that visualization seems underutilized in the field of management… First, Visual management supports an organizations information processing capability… Second, Visual management can play an important role in supporting communication between individuals.
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There is a very interesting piece on Complexity,
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Uncertainty and
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Ambiguity.
”Thus, in a fast-moving and complex setting, the speed of decision making could be the difference between success and failure (Ireland and Miller, 2004). Eisenhardt (1989b) identified two characteristics of fast decision-makers.
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2) the use of real-time information was emphasized to a higher extent by the fast decision-makers. Zirger and Hartley (1994) argue that time can be saved in product development through making decisions on the lowest practical level. This argument is supported by Galbraith’s model arguing that decentralization will make the point of decision closer to the source of the information (Galbraith, 1977).”
http://publications.lib.chalmers.se/records/fulltext/204392/204392.pdf
Känns alltid bra att ha forskningen i ryggen!