Works
- Modularity, flexibility, and knowledge management in product and organization design, Strategic Management Journal 17 (winter special issue), 63 to 76, 1996
In Organizational Structures
Known for
Modularity in product and organization design.
Ideas
Modular organization design. Standardized interfaces between product components embed coordination, so the loosely coupled parts of a modular organization design can be coordinated without continual exercise of authority or tight coupling of organizational structures. Caveat: Conceptual; the review of the mirroring evidence by Colfer and Baldwin (2016) shows the match between product and organization is common but not universal.
Modular products and organizations. With Mahoney, Sanchez argued that modular product designs allow modular, loosely coupled organizations. Caveat: Conceptual.