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"Innovative efforts should never report to line managers charged with responsibility for ongoing operations. ...The new project is an infant and will remain one for the foreseeable future, and infants belong in the nursery. The "adults", that is, the executives in charge of existing businesses or products will have neither the time nor understanding for the infant." - Peter Drucker

I can see the wisdom in this, especially when the new developments are very different than existing operations.

But on the other side of the coin, when projects are very similar to existing operations, or in fact are themselves organizational changes, is this still a good idea? Or would a common source of authority and/or funding for these projects be a positive situation?

This is a question for you. What do you think?

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Posted on: December 31, 2010 04:02 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
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