“If management can identify the negatives of its preferred option, the other policies around the star model can be designed to counter the negatives while achieving the positives.”

—  Jay R. Galbraith

Jay R. Galbraith (2002), Designing organizations: an executive guide to strategy, structure, and process. p. 15

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