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One reason frequently mentioned why R affects productivity in a negative way is that communication through many layers of an administrative hierarchy generates information that is filtered, outdated and/or distorted. Therefore, decisions by top management are not as effective as those under shorter lines of communication. This is formalized by the notion of control loss (Section 14.2). We examine first one principal cause for the loss of information.
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Beckmann, M.J. (1988). Loss of Information and Control in Multi-Level Organizations. In: Tinbergen Lectures on Organization Theory. Texts and Monographs in Economics and Mathematical Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83273-4_14
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