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Project groups have become an important means by which R&D organizations conduct their research. Scholars in organization studies note that for the effective conduct of research and development (R&D), decentralization of authority and an emphasis on interpersonal processes are better suited than a bureaucratic form of organization involving authority, structure, and division of labor. The primary purport of this report is to furnish empirical corroboration of this, through an ethnography of an R&D project group in an Indian federal organization.
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Mouly, V.S., Sankaran, J.K. (2003). Group Effects in Laboratory Work. In: Hurley, J. (eds) Scientific Research Effectiveness. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0275-2_6
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